I usually find the HackerNews police too strict, and I really like the New Yorker, but I can't think of what relevance this specific article has to the HackerNews community...
This piece is an excellent walk through the history of an incredibly influential organization that will give such hackers a chance to better understand the context of their work, where they are coming from, where they are, and what the future may hold.
To me, that's what HN is all about.