So every day on HN I see articles explaining
1) why Elon Musk and Tesla are great,
2) why Kalanik is evil and Uber is going to fail, and
3) why Trump is evil and stupid.
This article comes very close to all three (only briefly mentioning Trump).
Now, I dislike Trump and Elon is my hero (don't know much about Kalanik), but clearly there's a very serious groupthink problem going on here on HN.
All three of these men are mere mortals and only have 24 hrs/day. They can't commit great crimes or great heroic acts every single day. Yet, these articles hit the top of the feed every day and seeing these articles every day is going to cause your brain to outweigh these articles, seriously distorting your perception of reality.
I suspect this is why some were so surprised by the election result. I actually bet my money on Trump even though I dislike him (he's a slimy jerk, but he's not stupid). And while many here are 100% sure Uber is going to flop, I'd be tempted to put money on Uber. Their business model looks insanely good to me (if self-driving cars or government actions don't wipe them out).
Unfortunately, this reality distortion isn't a problem restricted to HN.
This article comes very close to all three (only briefly mentioning Trump).
Now, I dislike Trump and Elon is my hero (don't know much about Kalanik), but clearly there's a very serious groupthink problem going on here on HN.
All three of these men are mere mortals and only have 24 hrs/day. They can't commit great crimes or great heroic acts every single day. Yet, these articles hit the top of the feed every day and seeing these articles every day is going to cause your brain to outweigh these articles, seriously distorting your perception of reality.
I suspect this is why some were so surprised by the election result. I actually bet my money on Trump even though I dislike him (he's a slimy jerk, but he's not stupid). And while many here are 100% sure Uber is going to flop, I'd be tempted to put money on Uber. Their business model looks insanely good to me (if self-driving cars or government actions don't wipe them out).
Unfortunately, this reality distortion isn't a problem restricted to HN.