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Bryan Lehrer
Personal blog · bryanlehrer.com/entrieswebculture
Bryan Lehrer's personal blog at bryanlehrer.com covers web and culture. Since 2019, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Costco Capitalism”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-14, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's Costco post, which discusses "can't be evil" business models using Costco as the example. One commenter cites it when noting that such a model stops working once the company turns evil.
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?
- Costco Capitalism3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2019-12-17
- What Happened to the New Internet?3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-11-08
What Hacker News says?
There was an article a few years ago here on HN about "can't be evil" business models, which used Costco as an example. As soon as Costco turns evil, it stops working. https://www.bryanlehrer.com/entries/costco/
Comment linking /entries/costco/
on “Anthropic ditches its core safety promise”Submitted Costco Capitalism as a story · 294 points
HN discussionSubmitted Costco Capitalism as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Happened to the New Internet? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Happened to the New Internet? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Costco Capitalism as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Happened to the New Internet? as a story · 1 points
HN discussion