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Lesson: HN does not like to think about the perspective of anyone who does not happen to have access to HN

There is always “one comment like this” because most people here are not poor. If poor people were in this community, then you’d see many more comments like this.

You think it’s worth it. I’m not saying it’s not worth it. I’m simply saying, if you ask poor people, many of them won’t think it’s worth it. And most people in India are very poor.

I respect your perspective, but based on your answer I’m assuming you are not living in poverty?

The answer will depend on who you ask. Have you tried asking a homeless person? Or are you speaking on their behalf?

Note to the downvoters: They automatically assume I said it’s not worth it. But actually I simply said we should question it, meaning consider it from all sides.

Is analyzing things before during and after making decisions no longer an acceptable thing to do in 2019?

I’ve been to India, and seeing the catastrophic living condition of the majority of its citizens makes me question if going to the moon is the right priority.

To Elsevier CEO: It Is Difficult to Get a Man to Understand Something When His Salary Depends Upon His Not Understanding It.

Elsevier’s model is being disrupted and there is no going back.

It will be ok, as students and faculty know they can simply use Sci-Hub.

What’s that old quote...

“It Is Difficult to Get a Man to Understand Something When His Salary Depends Upon His Not Understanding It.”

As has been discussed on HN, this whole 737 MAX flaw is not a software problem. Boeing wants you to believe it is. The flaw is actually a physical design problem of the aircraft. Even if the software were to work perfectly, the plane is still flawed. The only real fix is not to fly the 737 MAX.

That is true it saves time

Maybe I’m an isolated case but I NEVER use self-checkout at Home Depot. The reason is simple: if Home Depot believes it can lower costs by not hiring as many cashiers, then I should get a discount by using the self-checkout. Without such a discount I always insist a human cashier checks me out. Why should I do extra work for Home Depot?

It’s sad that I’m the only one

Some oceanic science experiments drop thousands of ocean drones into the oceans to track currents. I’m not saying it’s not worth it, but how come nobody questions if it is worth it?

It’s fascinating to see.

But what about the plastic pollution as a result of this (from the GPS tracker that will now become permanent plastic garbage).

I don’t mean to say the pollution isn’t worth the fox study. But why isn’t anyone asking if it is?

Who determines, or at which point do we say, yes this study is worth creating this amount of pollution?