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HN is also extremely tiring to read. Constant sour venting about office politics and how it's all futile, and everyone is out there to get you, the darned sleaz
by bonoboTP 4y ago
HN is also extremely tiring to read. Constant sour venting about office politics and how it's all futile, and everyone is out there to get you, the darned sleazy manager abusing the developers, the dark government surveilling the people etc etc.
I mean even this very discussion is quite dark. I'm not saying these aren't realistic issues, but it's probably better to quit HN too. Almost all front page stories are some form of grumbling about the unfixable dark state of the world.
- RGamma 4y agoHehe, it's gotten better I believe. I'm browsing it somewhat less than I used to so my sample may be off. Eventually you numb slightly to it, and with a couple interesting pieces sprinkled in, the overall utility is still positive to me. And more generally: Controversy is never going away, I just have to get better at detecting silent consensus that fits my ethics (i.e. where the gap between world models is not so large to make conversation impossible). These days this mostly entails belief in some form of shared reality and basic human rights; how the standards have fallen! And on some occasions we simply like to scream into the ether. Personally, I don't hold it against anybody, even though it may be against community hygiene when overdone or inappropriate. But at that point there's moderation. The IT crowd will manage. It's what's happening "outside" that worries me...