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Re:Ask HN: How come HN folks are so well-versed in social sc... by burnoutgal on Sunday March 27, 2022 @08:32AM (#30819741)
Glad to see this perspective. I find the industry in general is full of very confident people who will try to bowl you over with their cursory understanding of topics.
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Re:Ask HN: How come HN folks are so well-versed in social sc... by relativeadv on Sunday March 27, 2022 @09:10AM (#30819938)
I find that in tech you run across more people than usual where because they are very intelligent and successful within various tech domains they think this also sets them up to uniquely be an expert at other domains. Politics, law, public health, economics, etc. This is not true.
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