There are a higher proportion here of persons who think scientifically. There is no automatic intersection between that and politics; any intersection must be forced. But when it is forced, it will be found that scientific modes of thought are not so much Left as anti-Right. The rest is what the stakes are imagined to be.
HN is left-leaning only from the far-right POV. Liberals are considered right wing everywhere in the world besides the US. There's no real left there and there's no real left here too.
There are a higher proportion here of persons who think scientifically. There is no automatic intersection between that and politics; any intersection must be forced. But when it is forced, it will be found that scientific modes of thought are not so much Left as anti-Right. The rest is what the stakes are imagined to be.
I think hn is still heavily influenced by Silicon Valley, so your guess is absolutely correct.
Not really. This is a forum by venture capitalists for their current and future workers, which is pretty firmly center-right.
HN is left-leaning only from the far-right POV. Liberals are considered right wing everywhere in the world besides the US. There's no real left there and there's no real left here too.