From the article: "And nothing is more logical than trying to survive." HN commenters may "feel" like "the author is trying to make it more noble than it is."

From the article: "And nothing is more logical than trying to survive." HN commenters may "feel" like "the author is trying to make it more noble than it is." But in reality, the obvious point of the article is to educate the reader on the "logic" behind decent survival. I prefer the author's focus on logic to commenters' "feels". Perhaps these vague feels exist because mainstream media tries to make Dickensian stories out of African-American struggles; mawkish sentiment to make the audience "feel" like they care. Inculcating kneejerk expectations.