> Instead I think we need to collectively, as a society, be less sensitive to perceived insults and disagreeable opinions So we're going to ask the boss to pre

> Instead I think we need to collectively, as a society, be less sensitive to perceived insults and disagreeable opinions So we're going to ask the boss to pretty please not fire people because of what they wrote on Twitter? Without any teeth behind it? I've seen it happen in my country: here's a few millions€, please don't sell the factory, please maintain all those jobs. One week later the factory closes and everyone is fired. No. If we agree on a social norm, "please" must be followed by "or else". Without "or else", my employer's freedom to fire me will naturally override my freedom to write what I like on HN. If we agree it shouldn't, we need to build an incentive structure where it doesn't. Laws and regulations are pretty damn effective, as incentive structures go.