What happened to the hacker spirit? Having thick skin, tolerating no bullshit, being blunt but respecting intelligent insights? Why are HNers much more susceptible to Taleb's assholishness than, say, Torvalds, or esr?
(This is a rhetorical question - I think we all know why but it would be flamebait to expand further)
(This is a rhetorical question - I think we all know why but it would be flamebait to expand further)