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Pax Dickinson
Personal blog · paxdickinson.wordpress.comculturepolitics
Pax Dickinson writes Pax Vobiscum, a personal blog at paxdickinson.wordpress.com about culture and politics. Since 2014, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Moral Panics and the Death of Fun”. The last post was in 2016, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Pax Dickinson's blog as his side of the 2013 dispute with Anil Dash and as commentary on politics and social justice in tech. Comments mostly cite it as a source.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Thoughts on technology and culture from a guy who accidentally got his head crushed between them.
Most-linked posts?
- Moral Panics and the Death of Fun3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-10-22
- /2014/10/29/three-modern-grassroots-rebellions/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-07-22
What Hacker News says?
He was involved in the Pax Dickinson affair a few years ago. I am very tempted to write my own thoughts on the issue, but rather than start a political flamewar, I'll simply link to both men's side of the story: http://anildash.com/2013/09/my-meeting-with-pax.html https://paxdickinson.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/moral-panics-a... (My 2c: though I'm on the political right and agree that tech is becoming increasingly hos…
Comment linking /2014/10/22/moral-panics-and-the-death-of-fun/
on “Anil Dash Is the New CEO of Fog Creek Software”Submitted Moral Panics and the Death of Fun as a story · 42 points
HN discussionEverything I skimmed talked about them as libertarians, and keep coming back to the same two articles as source material which describe libertarianism as a starting feature. I didn't get a sense that they were for strong welfare and public education. It doesn't matter anyway, because the issue itself is 'tribal politics', and so 'making a new tribe' doesn't solve that problem. To be honest, the OP's description wher…
Comment linking /2014/10/29/three-modern-grassroots-rebellions/
on “Tech bosses are globalists, not libertarians”Submitted Moral Panics and the Death of Fun (by former BI CTO fired over tweets) as a story · 7 points
HN discussionIt also happens in highly regulated markets. For example, due primarily to my outward appearance (I'm not a member of the majority race), I'm often asked for 2x the normal fare in auto rickshaws. If my girlfriend (a different non-majority race than me) is with me, 3-4x [1]. I'm mostly denied access to banking (except for some legacy accounts) due explicitly to regulation. This also happens in private markets without…
Comment linking /2014/10/22/moral-panics-and-the-death-of-fun/
on “Uber.gov – It’s Time to Let the Government Drive”Submitted Cowardly Anonymous Founder as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI find this one https://paxdickinson.wordpress.com/2014/10/29/three-modern-g... a little better but both are pretty good.
Comment linking /2014/10/29/three-modern-grassroots-rebellions/
on “Social Justice, Ideological Hijackings, and Ideological Security”>In particular, this leaves all repositories open to media-induced attention and controversy, followed by a takedown. It should be emphasized that this, rather than the possibility of censorship by GitLab's staff on their own initiative, is the main concern here. On the other hand, what incentives does GitLab have to host controversial projects? The kind of person who appreciates it is not the exactly the social or…
Comment linking /2014/10/27/the-rise-of-the-grey-tribe
on “DHI Group Plans to Sell Slashdot and SourceForge”
