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Bert Fulks
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Bert Fulks's personal blog at bertfulks.com covers philosophy and health. Since 2017, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “The X plan: giving your kids a way out”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in a thread on Jack White banning phones at gigs. The one comment does not discuss the writing, so the comments show only that the posts relate to phones and personal autonomy.
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.
Fall. Surrender. Restore. Rise. Repeat.
Most-linked posts?
- The X plan: giving your kids a way out3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-02-25
What Hacker News says?
Let's imagine that my child is at a party or other social engagement and they want deniable reason to escape. [0] There may be excessive peer pressure, illegal activity, or any other pre-arranged reason they may need to bail on something without incurring the loss of face that could be socially devastating. If I have my phone, they can text me with some pre-arranged message ("x"), and I will feign an emergency and g…
Comment linking /2017/02/23/x-plan-giving-your-kids-a-way-out-xplan/
on “Jack White bans phones at gigs for “100% human experience””Submitted The X plan: giving your kids a way out as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted X-Plan: Giving your kids a way out (#xplan) as a story · 2 points
HN discussion
