Intellect: The Universal Solvent

"...sites like Reddit, 4chan, and HackerNews ... all converge in rejecting partisanship, sentimentalism, and sensationalism in favor of nuance and intellectualism – specifically, truth and understanding."

Aw, come on! I am the biggest fan of Hacker News, and even I don't go around pretending these comments reject "partisanship, sentimentalism, and sensationalism."

I can't read the article because it's down, but I'm guessing it's fair to say "..all converge in trying to reject partisanship, sentimentalism, and sensationalism..."

We can't get rid of our faults, but knowing we have faults and trying to remove them is one of the big reasons I frequent here.

"The smartest generation not only detests phoniness and insincerity, but are masters at detecting it."

Does the hyperbolic flattery here get the smartest generation's insincerity detectors blaring at top volume?

The mention for HN is good. The characterization of Bill Maher as centrist is questionable.

Considering his vague fawning over HRC rather than Bernie, I think it is a qualified statement. His atheism certainly doesn't make him a de facto left-leaning liberal, at any rate.