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Aaron Renn
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Aaron Renn's personal blog at aaronrenn.com covers culture, politics and career. Since 2023, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked posts on declining conscientiousness and personality change in young people, and on whether multiculturalism is American. One commenter cites Renn's conscientiousness piece as similar to an FT column; another quotes a historical text on multiculturalism.
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The human, cultural, and institutional foundations of American flourishing in a time of transition. Click to read Aaron Renn, by Aaron M. Renn,
What Hacker News says?
This may be very similar content by the same author... "TodayThe great data journalist John Burn-Murdoch at the Financial Times is out with another excellent if disturbing column about a steep decline in conscientiousness and other personality changes in young people." Collapsing Conscientiousness - by Aaron M. Renn https://www.aaronrenn.com/p/collapsing-conscientiousness
Comment linking /p/collapsing-conscientiousness
on “The Troubling Decline in Conscientiousness”Submitted Levelling Up: What got you here won't get you there as a story · 3 points
HN discussion> Every creed has only one test to pass in regard to the social body: it has only one examination to which it must submit, that of its morals, he proclaimed. We must refuse everything to the Jews as a nation and accord everything to Jews as individuals. We must withdraw recognition from their judges; they should only have our judges. We must refuse legal protection to the maintenance of the so-called laws of their J…
Comment linking /p/end-of-protestant-america
on “Is multiculturalism as American as Apple pie?”Submitted What Ladders Are You Climbing? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Teachings of Neo-Pagan Masculinity as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Future of Appalachia as a story · 1 points
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