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Tech Elites Recreate Burning Man Inside Their Living Rooms

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Re: Tech Elites Recreate Burning Man Inside Their Living Rooms

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Post by paulcole »

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #7

They really took a journalistic stretch on those "Tech Elites." Not really sure what the connection is to Burning Man either. What is someone really supposed to take away from this article?

The article mentions both Musk and Thiel attending one of these songversations. I don’t like either of them, but I think “Tech Elite” fits them well enough.

Re: Tech Elites Recreate Burning Man Inside Their Living Rooms

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Post by seldomrandom »

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #7

They really took a journalistic stretch on those "Tech Elites." Not really sure what the connection is to Burning Man either. What is someone really supposed to take away from this article?

Agree. It seems like NYT is turning into TMZ...

Re: Tech Elites Recreate Burning Man Inside Their Living Rooms

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Post by paulcole »

hammerzeit wrote: post #8

If you see a piece in the NYT that's making fun of those weird tech nerds , odds are high it's in the styles section. Choire Sicha, formerly of Gawker, took over the section last year, and since then there's been a rash of pieces akin to this one. Not exactly hit pieces but it's hard to miss the wry condescension throughout.

You might be interested in reading Choire’s definition of what the Styles section is/should be.

>I totally hear you that the name “Styles” can sometimes seem like a purple spotlight on a green bowl of fruit, or like a goofy headline on a serious story. We will aggressively cover politics, gender, sexuality, health, crime, shoes and contouring. These things make change in the world. You think Sports is going to cover all this?

Much more here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/reader-center/choire-sich...

Re: Tech Elites Recreate Burning Man Inside Their Living Rooms

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Post by dang »

paulie_a wrote: post #5

So it's like burning man but the exact complete opposite. Jesus h christ. Talk about self involved douchebaggary

Perhaps, but please don't make this site worse by fulminating. It's enough to flag a bad article and move on.

Edit: it looks like you've posted a lot of unsubstantive comments to HN. Could you please not? We're trying for somewhat better than that here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Tech Elites Recreate Burning Man Inside Their Living Rooms

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Post by paulie_a »

dang wrote: post #15
paulie_a wrote: post #5

So it's like burning man but the exact complete opposite. Jesus h christ. Talk about self involved douchebaggary

Perhaps, but please don't make this site worse by fulminating. It's enough to flag a bad article and move on. Edit: it looks like you've posted a lot of unsubstantive comments to HN. Could you please not? We're trying for somewhat better than that here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Refute my posts or go pound sand.

Re: Tech Elites Recreate Burning Man Inside Their Living Rooms

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Post by anonymous »

paulie_a wrote: post #16
dang wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps, but please don't make this site worse by fulminating. It's enough to flag a bad article and move on. Edit: it looks like you've posted a lot of unsubstantive comments to HN. Could you please not? We're trying for somewhat better than that here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Refute my posts or go pound sand.

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