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Brian Klaas

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Brian Klaas's personal blog at brianklaas.substack.com covers politics and philosophy. Since 2022, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “The Myth of the Secret Genius”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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4HN people?
2022–2022first – last linked?

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Why HN links it

Linked for his essay 'The myth of the secret genius', which one commenter says the author 'nailed'. The post argues against the idea of a lone genius behind success.

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.

Wandering around an infinitely complex, ever-changing world.

Most-linked posts?

  1. The Myth of the Secret Genius
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2022-12-09

What Hacker News says?

  1. hermitcrab · 2022-12-28Recommends
    I think Brian Klass nailed it with his essay about 'The myth of the secret genius': https://brianklaas.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-the-secret-gen...

    Comment linking /p/the-myth-of-the-secret-genius

    on “Tesla’s 2022 Collapse Hits 69% After Deepest Selloff Since April”
  2. Submitted The Myth of the Secret Genius as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted The Myth of the Secret Genius – By Brian Klaas as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted The Myth of the Secret Genius as a story · 1 points

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