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r_a_d

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r_a_d··on Forecasting News Survey
We're trying to figure out whether people would use a news website with built-in prediction markets.
r_a_d··on Oliver Burkeman on the flaw with productivity geek thinking
There's a bit in 'What I worked on' where he says

"Hacker News is definitely useful. I've learned a lot from things I've read on HN. I've written several essays that began as comments there. So I wouldn't want the site to go away. But I would like to be sure it's not a net drag on productivity. What a disaster that would be, to attract thousands of smart people to a site that caused them to waste lots of time. I wish I could be 100% sure that's not a description of HN."