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Jay Riverlong

Personal blog · jayriverlong.substack.com · on HN as riverlongculturephilosophy

Jay Riverlong writes The Waterfront, a personal blog at jayriverlong.substack.com about culture and philosophy. Since 2021, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 18 times, most often “You're Taking the Unabomber's Position”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.

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18mentions?
4HN people?
2021–2023first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 11 in 2021

Essays on people, technology, entertainment, finance, and how they fit together for a good life.

The author on HN?

riverlong · 483 karma · member since 2020

riverlong@protonmail.com twitter.com/jayriverlong jayriverlong.substack.com

From their public HN profile, which links to this site.

Most-linked posts?

  1. You're Taking the Unabomber's Position
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-05-02

What Hacker News says?

  1. Submitted An Honest Look at Urbit as a story · 68 points

    HN discussion
  2. Submitted Against Food as a story · 19 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Pornography Is Boring as a story · 11 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted You're Taking the Unabomber's Position as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted No More Movies as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Xi Jinping Asks: What Is Good Technology? as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Aging into Irrationality as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Base Rates of Error as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted No More Tipping as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Advice? Just Say No as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted You're Taking the Unabomber's Position as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted The Simple e/acc Thesis as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted The Algorithm dictates my love for Norm Macdonald as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Growth vs. Efficiency as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted The Early Years of Peter Thiel as a story · 2 points

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  16. Submitted Fear of Injury: Reconnecting Body and Mind as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Old Memes and China as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted Food Addiction in America as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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