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Anecdotally, that literally only one of my college age students knew about the Moon mission was wild. I genuinely now believe that a real barrier to (the terri
by jrm4 6mo ago
Anecdotally, that literally only one of my college age students knew about the Moon mission was wild.
I genuinely now believe that a real barrier to (the terrible idea of) reinstating the draft is that it would actually be difficult to find and inform the public about it, in a believable way.
- guzfip 6mo agoPerhaps I would have heard of this moon mission if HN wasn’t busy inundating me with politics and AI product threads. I feel like I vaguely remember hearing about it a while back, with little fanfare, and then not again until just yesterday. In that time I’ve learned of all kinds of crazy developments in politics and AI companies here on HN
- irishcoffee 6mo ago> Perhaps I would have heard of this moon mission if HN wasn’t busy inundating me with politics and AI product threads. Personal accountability can still be something we all strive to honor. Blaming a news aggregator website for your own ignorance is a hell of a thing.
- jrm4 6mo agoI mean, this kind of just feels like reasonable criticism of HN worded a bit oddly.
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- thegrim33 6mo agoIt's not really a challenge of reaching those students, the outlets that could otherwise reach them just simply aren't interested in spreading that particular news, because it goes against their ideological beliefs. And if you ask yourself "wait, why wouldn't they want to inform people of a NASA moon mission?", you're really behind the ball on what's going on. If it was information that they actually wanted to spread, it would be spread wide and far and reach those students.
- jrm4 6mo agoI think generally agree, except it ain't even as deep as "ideology," it's just clicks and algorithms...