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Roman Krznaric
Personal blog · romankrznaric.com/outrospectionphilosophyhistory
Roman Krznaric's personal blog at romankrznaric.com covers philosophy and history. Since 2018, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-06-17, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Krznaric's Outrospection blog for a 2009 post on Patricia Moore, who aged herself in disguise to understand the challenges of old age. One commenter also suggests his book History for Tomorrow.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Roman Krznaric's books include History for Tomorrow, The Good Ancestor, What The Rich Don't Tell The Poor, Carpe Diem Regained, Empathy, and The Wonderbox.
What Hacker News says?
Let's admit it. We have lost empathy for the old because we don't think they have enough "value" to add to society. I am inspired by the story of Patricia Moore who, at 26, dressed up to live the life of an 80 yr old to understand their challenges: https://www.romankrznaric.com/outrospection/2009/11/01/117 . We need more Patricia's in this world.
Comment linking /outrospection/2009/11/01/117
on “Street Photography of Japan's Aging Population”Submitted The Return of the City State as a story · 1 points
HN discussionHistory for Tomorrow: Inspiration from the Past for the Future of Humanity by Roman Krznaric - https://www.romankrznaric.com/history-for-tomorrow
Comment linking /history-for-tomorrow
on “Book recommendations from Hacker News?”