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Yeah, HN is ironically the most tech-skeptical crowd I've frequented. Maybe it's a part of the libertarianism inherent in hacker culture, which is less diluted

Yeah, HN is ironically the most tech-skeptical crowd I've frequented. Maybe it's a part of the libertarianism inherent in hacker culture, which is less diluted in HN compared to other platforms due to a lesser influx of new non-techy users.

goto11 4y ago
Honestly there is also a lot of hipster contrarianism in it. Like the comment saying the web was better when everything was served from cgi-bin.
jabl 4y ago
I've always thought that much of the skepticism is due to working in the industry, so HN'ers know how the sausage is made.