Much of SV's revenue is built on a foundation of manipulation, tapping into all manner of human weakness, from our all-to-willingness to trade our souls for so

Much of SV's revenue is built on a foundation of manipulation, tapping into all manner of human weakness, from our all-to-willingness to trade our souls for so-called free stuff to our susceptibility to addiction. But such criticism will never get traction on Hacker News. "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" ~ Upton Sinclair