I find it interesting that the top three highest voted comments, and their top sibling comments don't mention any potential concerns about unintended consequences or the effects on the average and poorest people (the NYT article cites evidence such negative effects happened, including suicide).

The first sibling comment of the third highest voted comment throws out a worry, and it was downvoted.

I don't know what this means exactly, but I think it's worth the average HNer to ponder.