Too much consolidation in media. Local and alternative voices fade. (IMO) The solution to monopolies is not to rubber-stamp them into existence. HN folks can p

Too much consolidation in media. Local and alternative voices fade. (IMO) The solution to monopolies is not to rubber-stamp them into existence. HN folks can probably rattle off hundreds of great ideas and innovations from small companies that were bought -- ideas and innovations which just disappeared or were turned into milquetoast. The internet brings both rather universal self-publishing and the network effect.