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Why would social conservatives and Christians, who make up a large share of US population, not be expected to be present among HN commenters?
by rendang 4y ago
Why would social conservatives and Christians, who make up a large share of US population, not be expected to be present among HN commenters?
- bambax 4y agoBecause they weren't in the past. And because HN is an international forum for tech geeks; I think social conservatives and Christians are underrepresented in tech; and I am quite certain the kind of social conservatism and "Christianity" that exist in the US doesn't exist in the same proportion, or with the same beliefs, elsewhere. In Europe for instance, so-called "pro-lifers", while they exist, make up a small minority of the public.
- rendang 4y agoFair, but if the underrepresentation is 50% say, half of a large number is not tiny. Tech nowadays is a major career path akin to law or medicine, less of the niche idiosyncratic subculture it was 20 years ago. Anecdotally, my socially conservative church is full of FAANG developers & one of our lay pastors is a highly-cited ML researcher
- krapp 4y agoHacker culture is full of exactly the kind of people it used to despise.
- Dma54rhs 4y agoIn Europe in many countries left wing feminists fight against prostitution, I'm not sure what you're talking about.