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Andrew Sampson
Personal blog · andrew.im/essaysculturephilosophy
Andrew Sampson's personal blog at andrew.im covers culture and philosophy. Since 2014, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “A Journey to the American Dream”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The only comment is a reply in a thread on the post "The Black Tax" and does not discuss the writing. The linked post appears to be about family expectations and whether people can break away from them.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- A Journey to the American Dream2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-03-07
What Hacker News says?
See, all you have to do is push people who claim to want an apolitical workspace just a little to get their real views to surface. Enjoy your sad, weird life https://andrew.im/
Comment linking /
on “How Basecamp Blew Up”Submitted Open Netflix replacement API available as a story · 51 points
HN discussionYour inability to accept reality is not an assertion of truth unto others. People can’t pull themselves up by the bootstraps if they have a boot on their neck. https://andrew.im/essays/a-journey-to-the-american-dream
Comment linking /essays/a-journey-to-the-american-dream
on “The Black Tax”Submitted The Black Tax as a story · 44 points
HN discussion> the reality is that as a poor white person it is much easier to find your way out of poverty. You misunderstand. The comments are not about race, but the individual decision that's always available to you, to break away from a losing game. Likewise, I was dragged down by my family who defined what I should aspire to (ex: being a doctor or a professor or a lawyer while I liked computers) and what I should do (ex: g…
Comment linking /essays/a-journey-to-the-american-dream
on “The Black Tax”Submitted Show HN: Building an interactive media server from spare parts as a story · 3 points
HN discussionAuthor here. This comment section is almost self-aware, which is nice to see. While it’s nice to believe everyone would have the same struggles from the same economic starting point, the reality is that as a poor white person it is much easier to find your way out of poverty. You’ll have more job opportunities presented to you, more people willing to take risk. Of course it also helps not to have hundreds of years t…
Comment linking /essays/a-journey-to-the-american-dream
on “The Black Tax”Submitted Feared by Default as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Journey to the American Dream as a story · 1 points
HN discussion