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Not sure why you were down-voted. That's obviously the main value of the thing. Maybe you've hit a wound spot. >Cynical attitude aside, I’m not sure why this i
by Throw_Away_9812 7y ago
Not sure why you were down-voted. That's obviously the main value of the thing. Maybe you've hit a wound spot.
>Cynical attitude aside, I’m not sure why this is on HN. It doesn’t seem particularly insightful, interesting, or funny.
The average HN reader does probably know enough about philosophy to know the differences between Bentham and Mill but not enough to make that seem trivial.
- tomlock 7y agoAs a smug postgraduate I find it kinda odd I'd be called out as an undergraduate, since I found the article funny. Cheers.
- _iyig 7y agoI’m generalizing based on my own experience here (and taking some polemic license), but that’s all one can do. If I’ve misjudged the HN audience and enough do appreciate this link, I can’t/won’t argue with their upvotes!
- dr_dshiv 7y agoThe article is an enjoyable and novel intro to philosophies regarding the underlying value systems that we optimize for as a society. That is intellectually interesting to me.