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This has got to be one of the worst articles in a while to make the frontpage of HN. There is an Editorial (!) explaining why we should NOT follow the example o
by suprgeek 13y ago
This has got to be one of the worst articles in a while to make the frontpage of HN. There is an Editorial (!) explaining why we should NOT follow the example of a person holding a legal well-paying job making a great effort to donate most of his high income to charitable good causes.
The cynicism and moralizing is laid on thick - what a sad, messed up world exists inside Mr. Brooks' head. I hope HN'ers are more optimistic than listening to this claptrap and believing any of it.
- npsimons 13y agoThis may get me downvoted, but I'm getting a very strong sense that someone (or a number of someones) with some, ahem, strong right leanings have been posting articles to HN within the last 24 hours. Not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just that it's kind of embarrassing when Brooks is the best you can do. Brooks is well known for spouting things that seem almost like satire of conservative viewpoints; it's more likely he dresses up his points in "progressive" sounding terms in an attempt to get people to agree with him.
- sopooneo 13y agoI don't know the man or his works, but on my first reading, I thought he seemed like a misguided liberal.
- ars 13y agoHe's not saying it's bad, he's saying that it won't work for very long. That the person doing it will not be able to keep it up, so it's better to choose something with a longer term success.