Perhaps we don't need it in every borderline-relevant thread, though.

Perhaps we don't need a half dozen blockchain stories on the front page every day, it's borderline spam. These threads always rehash the same arguments on both sides.

Perhaps we do need to have a lick of sense and critical thought put into these discussions, every time.

Otherwise you risk just being in a positive-reinforcement echo chamber.

We're well beyond a "lick," and nobody benefits from reading for the millionth time that a random HN commenter thinks it's just like tulips.

You're commenting on an article in which a small soft drink company has just sextupled it's share price by changing its name to include the word "Blockchain", and you're not seeing a tulip angle?