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Walter Kirn

Personal blog · walterkirn.substack.comwritingculture

Walter Kirn writes Unbound, a personal blog at walterkirn.substack.com about writing and culture. Since 2021, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “The Bullshit”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-09-23, and you can follow it by feed.

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8mentions?
6HN people?
2021–2023first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 4 in 2023

Free Thought. Cheap.

Most-linked posts?

  1. The Bullshit
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-08-15
  2. The Power and the Silence
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-04-18

What Hacker News says?

  1. Submitted Generation Junk as a story · 346 points

    HN discussion
  2. Submitted The Bullshit as a story · 271 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted What Goes on Behind the Boss's Back as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted The First Refusal: How the Tech Consumer Was Consumed as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted The Power and the Silence as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted The Bullshit as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted The Bullshit as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Project Parakeet – On the Banality of A.I. Writing as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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