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Jason Pargin's personal blog at jasonpargin.substack.com covers culture and philosophy. Since 2022, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “To Save the World, Save Yourself”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-02, and you can follow it by feed.

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10mentions?
6HN people?
2022–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 4 in 2025

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Only one bare link appears, shared as related to an HN thread on being a man. The linked post's title suggests it is about saving the world by first saving oneself. No comment says anything about the writing.

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.

Something seems off about the world, I'm trying to get to the bottom of it.

Most-linked posts?

  1. To Save the World, Save Yourself
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-06-05

What Hacker News says?

  1. Related: < https://jasonpargin.substack.com/p/to-save-the-world-save-yo... >

    Comment linking /p/to-save-the-world-save-yourself

    on “Notes on Being a Man”
  2. Submitted Is modern mass media a mind prison? as a story · 113 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Interstellar Space Travel Will Never, Ever Happen as a story · 24 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted A Creepy Question We'll All Have to Answer Soon as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Everyone Is Wrong About AI Except Me as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted If You're Scared of Competition, the World Will Eat You Alive as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Can a TV show save your sanity? (2024) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted To Save the World, Save Yourself as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted Celebrity Worship Is Weird and Will Only Get Weirder as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Every Argument We're Having Is About Living as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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