You can be as sorry as you like, however: 1. The original HN mission was to discuss “anything that piques our intellectual curiosity.” That is often technology

You can be as sorry as you like, however: 1. The original HN mission was to discuss “anything that piques our intellectual curiosity.” That is often technology business, but not necessarily. 2. The very word “hacker” implies a certain culture that has ALWAYS been highly interested in anti-authoritarian subjects. News and politics involving freedom of speech, freedom of journalism, and so forth are nearly always close to the heart of the traditional “hacker culture.”