Why does "I Pencil" keep falling through Hacker News?

http://peternixey.com/post/47131747237/why-does-i-pencil-keep-falling-through-hacker-news

by petenixey • 13 years ago

11 3 13 years ago

Well, the writing style is painful to read for any extended period of time. That diction should be reserved for a short piece, a poem.

  I think that I shall never see, 
  A pencil lovely as a tree...

IheartApplesDix• 13 years ago

Hacker News is owned by YCombintor which is a startup fund.. I think that answers your question.

zissou• 13 years ago

'I Pencil' was first introduced to me in a History of Economic Thought class during undergrad. Still love the story if not only because of the message it delivers. Who cares how it is written, 'I Pencil' is a story about how trade, comparative advantage and the specialization of labor enable economies to produce goods and services that would otherwise not be feasible.

So why does the HN crowd seemingly let the story slip through the cracks? One hypothesis is perhaps that the self-selected independent/entrepreneurial people that make up a large share of the user base on HN like holding onto their independent spirits, hence passing on the idea that there exists a meaningful good/service that not one person can produce on their own.

Why does "I Pencil" keep falling through Hacker News?

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