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ON The Spiral
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ON The Spiral is a personal blog at onthespiral.com about economics and philosophy. Since 2011, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Unifying the Value Universe”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked post is about Airbnb and the rise of the share economy, per the thread title. The one comment is a philosophical passage on abuse and fairness that does not discuss the post's 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.
Centered on personal growth, recurring insight, and the layered nature of modern thought and experience.
Most-linked posts?
- Unifying the Value Universe3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2011-07-05
What Hacker News says?
What is abuse? Abuse is about fairness. Fairness is not about money, though we have tried for a long time to mediate pain and suffering through money. Abuse and fairness are emotional. It is not rational. Putting a monetary value to this is rational izing what is fundamentally not rational. Just because it is not rational does not make it any less real. You don't negotiate with a hurricane. If you are weighing the p…
Comment linking /unifying-value-universe
on “Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy”Submitted Unifying the Value Universe as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted {Gift, Attention, Transactional, Relationship} Economies as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Innovation Starvation and the Zero Bound as a story · 1 points
HN discussion