Also, is there any particular reason that this essay is on the frontpage of both HN and Hubski? I can't think of anything that had happened recently that would spark all the upvotes on HN over a three year old essay.
No specific motivation for why I posted it here. I read it over at HN, and it related to some thinking I had been doing lately. If I find something that interests me, I'll post it. I make a point not to worry about the timing or where else it is. But it was the first time I had read this essay, actually. I'm not sure the reason why it had so many votes at HN yesterday. Something must have happened, or maybe it just resonated.
On a purely unrelated note, I just realized that you and pg both have chosen two letter usernames. Did you chose mk in a sort of homage to pg as Hubski is based off of news.arc?
Yeah, I guess I did. :) I usually use markkat. I am indebted to pg. But the tables in news.arc, Oy!