The paranoid arrogance of HN commenters! Now go buy some bitcoin.
Yeah, i mean we all should accept everything written in every article with no critical thinking whatsoever.
You choose to interpret the comment as arogant. I choose to interpret it that they see an obvious solution which is neither mentioned nor implemented and thus they have questions about what they are missing. Clearly if what one sees as obvious is not done then one is likely missing something important.
But that is the question: why can’t a single person guard the crop?
The answer to that question would reveal more about the shape of the problem.
Is it because the single guard won’t even see and hear when the illegal harvesters get to work? (That is to say harvesting is so quick and silent that the guard would be none the wiser?)
Is it because the guard would see the harvest but would be overwhelmed by the illegal harvesters?
Yes. Agreed. It seems we are on the same page on this.
Where we seem to disagree is what follows from this observation. You call it arogance to share one’s thoughts and questions, i call it curiosity.
If we all just sit on our backside and think “hmm, clearly setting guards should work, yet the article doesn’t even mention it, there might be something I’m missing”, then we all will die not knowing any more. If someone asks it we might learn from the answers.