You may not be looking at some change in HN so much as a change in the culture as a whole. Back in 2008, tech was full on optimism, save the world rah rah. Goo

You may not be looking at some change in HN so much as a change in the culture as a whole. Back in 2008, tech was full on optimism, save the world rah rah. Google's motto was still "Don't be evil". Zuckerberg was sort of fumbling and unthreatening in his public appearances. Etc etc. Everyone adored tech, both inside and outside the industry. Now the wider world is beginning to despise us. And even within tech, a ton of people are extremely unhappy with how things have gone. A lot of us bought into the optimism and revolutionary hype about how tech would change the world, and the fall from that viewpoint to current realities has been rough. The pandemic, and the massive shift of power into the hands of tech and tech-adjacent companies, only served to drive in the lesson. Personally, I think tech did improve the world in many, many measurable ways and I'm pretty grumpy about how the wave of hatred at Facebook et al is spilling out to undeserving targets. But as far as this particular thread goes... I think Marc Andreessen doesn't really need the help.