Re:PG: The biggest source of stress for me at YC was running HN
by intended on Saturday July 11, 2020 @11:38PM
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Yes.
The discussions on HN dont go deep enough to look at the antecedents of the current imbroglio.
Human brains are weak to a variety of manipulations. Media manipulations are one of the oldest, and have been going on for ever.
The 24/7 news cycle preceded the net and created the exact same issues.
Right now what we have added is mobile internet which means people can access the material all the time, and we've added algorithmic creation of inciteful content.
We've gone to the industrial complex era of outrage creation.
The discussions on HN dont go deep enough to look at the antecedents of the current imbroglio.
Human brains are weak to a variety of manipulations. Media manipulations are one of the oldest, and have been going on for ever.
The 24/7 news cycle preceded the net and created the exact same issues.
Right now what we have added is mobile internet which means people can access the material all the time, and we've added algorithmic creation of inciteful content.
We've gone to the industrial complex era of outrage creation.