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Why is this on Hacker News?
Why wouldn't we care about the acts carried out offline being influenced by our activities online?
So many things about that are depressing, like, why would someone cut into a tree like that, and why would they decide that, if one of the trunks is gone, the whole thing needs to be decimated? Both are completely absurd.
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/11/harvey_updyke_poiso...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is an Arabic story about Hatim al-Tai’s brother. Hatim al-Tai was a great man, maybe the most generous person that has ever lived. He was a legend even when he was alive. One day people saw his brother peeing in the holy Well of Zamzam. This is the most sacred water in Islam. They asked him why he was doing such a thing. “My brother is famous and will be remembered forever in the history,” he said. “I can never…
So am I wrong to think that by retelling this story, we make him right, thus pushing people who similarly want to be remembered forever without being "wise" to do the same?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is an Arabic story about Hatim al-Tai’s brother. Hatim al-Tai was a great man, maybe the most generous person that has ever lived. He was a legend even when he was alive. One day people saw his brother peeing in the holy Well of Zamzam. This is the most sacred water in Islam. They asked him why he was doing such a thing. “My brother is famous and will be remembered forever in the history,” he said. “I can never…
So am I wrong to think that by retelling this story, we make him right, thus pushing people who similarly want to be remembered forever without being "wise" to do the same?
Why is this on Hacker News?
It's on Hacker News not because of the tree itself. It's on Hacker News because the Internet coverage of the tree is what made it notable enough to vandalize. Many of us build the tools of an online society. We live largely within that online society, but not exclusively. Why wouldn't we care about the acts carried out offline being influenced by our activities online?
Interesting speculation, but trees have been vandalized for centuries...
Lest we blame the internet, attacking beloved trees is nothing new: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_Oak_(Austin,_Texas)
Why is this on Hacker News?
Before clicking I expected the link to be about a data structure.
Wikipedia has a section on the etymology of the B-tree name. One of the original inventors says "B" stands for "Boeing", "Bayer" (another inventor), and "balanced".
Lest we blame the internet, attacking beloved trees is nothing new: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_Oak_(Austin,_Texas)