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This is part of the trend of hipster antitrust zealots who view antitrust law as a solution to much bigger problems of governance. The dominant relationship be
by StartupJFox 7y ago
This is part of the trend of hipster antitrust zealots who view antitrust law as a solution to much bigger problems of governance.
The dominant relationship between US tech firms and government is that they cooperate fully on surveillance of the American people.
- StartupJFox 7y agoSee my tweet on the subject: https://twitter.com/startupjfox/status/1176306514577043458 https://twitter.com/startupjfox/status/1176306514577043458
- jeffk_teh_haxor 7y agoThe HN hivemind leans very pro-regulation these days.
- DoreenMichele 7y agoThere's no hivemind here.
- joejerryronnie 7y agoThere is no hivemind...hivemind...hivemind...hivemind
- AlchemistCamp 7y agoIMO, every site with upvotes and downvotes develops a hivemind. I've seen it happen on my own projects.
- DoreenMichele 7y agoI see a hivemind as unthinking conformity. The way you avoid an unthinking hivemind is by harnessing the power of group dynamics to push against unthinking conformity such that refusal to be an unthinking conformist is the group norm. I don't think unthinking conformity is the norm on HN. Thus, I don't think it has a hivemind. Certainly, there are group norms of some sort here. There are always group norms. But some group norms are healthier than others. In my opinion, those that push back against unthinking conformity are better than those that push towards it.