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Hi HN! I'm Adam Goldstein, co-founder and CEO of Hipmunk (YC S10). Today we're launching Flight Penguin ( https://www.flightpenguin.com ) in public beta as a browser extension for …

I’m not as convinced as you are that perceptual grasp of relative object size is innate. See recent research in Molyneux’s problem: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molyneux%27s_pro…

Hi Hoseja— I am indeed talking about ground effect–that's why I included a link for "flying close to the surface reduces aerodynamic drag" which explains how it works. I also speci…

Flight Penguin | Remote | Co-founder and CTO | https://www.flightpenguin.com Flight Penguin picks up where Hipmunk left off. Our browser extension was featured in The Verge ( https…

It does include a survival penalty for a false attack. I laid out the assumed payoff matrix here: https://www.adamjuliangoldstein.com/blog/paranoia-parameter/... . The penalty for …

Hi all, this is a follow-up to two essays: 1) The parallels between anxious ideas and immune system threat prediction (discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22475370 ) …

You'll get no argument here that it's hand-wavy! My goal was to point out that both our immune systems and our minds are imperfect at assessing threats and we can suffer greatly as…

If you are able to deal with existential threats without "feeling the slightest bit anxious or paranoid," you are very fortunate and not the intended audience :) I agree, however, …

That's what the next essay is about: how to move the Paranoia Line

Thanks for sharing! I agree that certain anxieties are "rational." As I mentioned at the end of this piece, my second essay in this series will be about why people get anxious abou…

That's right, I'm writing this essay series for founders whose anxiety is interfering with their happiness and effectiveness.

Regarding blue instead of black, you read my mind for the second essay :)

We get our data from mostly the same sources, so this should almost never happen. (There are also lots of times we have better rates than Kayak, e.g. on Amtrak and Airbnb, which th…

You can enter multiple airports (as long as they're in the same time zone). Just separate them with commas.