Ask HN: Lack of Wisdom in Posts?

Has anyone else noticed a general decline in the wisdom of HN posts over the last 6 months or so? As a hacker, this has always been my goal: 1. Create something clever that draws a lot of people and is interesting enough that they spend money on it. 2. Collect enough money to free myself from the constraints that society (especially non-forward thinking people) places on me. 3. Change the world (do something important like revolutionize technology, build a new type of rocket, put money towards curing a disease, etc). 4. *Pay it forward (the most important step of all - help other hackers make a meaningful contribution, not for your own personal pleasure or profit, but for the good of the world). I'm still stuck on step 1. Right now I'm seeing a preponderance of "how I did such and such and got L33T" or "how I sold out and got VC money" or "how this generic tool is better than this other generic tool". The comments have also devolved into seeing through the lens of capitalism-driven startup building. There only seems to be pure mathematical strategy now, which tends towards sociopathy. The rare comments which go a step beyond knee-jerk reactions tend to fall through the cracks. I'm concerned that this is creating an environment akin to objectivism, which I can sympathize with, but is at odds with creating a future that nurtures and embraces humanity. If we continue down this road, the one that considers facebook and dropbox to be innovative because they make their owners rich, then I don't even know what it means to be a hacker anymore. My prediction is that this post will fall off the front page due to lack of interest. We seem to be stuck in a geek tragedy of the commons, where our crusade towards our own self-interest will inevitably undermine our achievement.