throwaway2474

This post was on the front page a few days and really resonated with me [1]. I love HN, because there is nowhere else on the internet with the same concentration of intelligence, deep knowledge and mature perspective on things.

However like the author I’ve noticed myself becoming increasingly cynical about tech, and the world. This is a very bad attitude to have for any startup ambitions, where optimism (bordering on irrationality) is necessary to succeed. So I want to start reading other things more often.

What other communities are there that are more optimistic, but still have a similar level of intelligence, experience etc?

1. https://kg.dev/thoughts/i-love-you-hn-but-youre-toxic

I live in a part of the world where we haven’t had much Covid. At this point though Omicron seems to be evading vaccines and spreading rapidly.

I’m struggling to decide whether to treat it as something mild that I’m definitely going to get, or something really bad that I should be taking strong precautions against. Reading news isn’t overly helpful as it only shows extreme cases/views.

Have you had Covid, and what was your experience like? Do you have any lingering symptoms?