This article has brought out all of the hang-wringing and self-hate that I can put up with for a while. I like realistic depictions of problems and solutions a lot more than I do talking about how miserable everything is. It's truly brought out the pessimist in most all of the commenters. Davidw is right -- time to flag.
Okay, okay, kidding...to me, hacker news is "news for hackers" -> Things Hackers will enjoy -> not lolcats and news about 4chan -> not reddit.