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applfanboysbgon 39 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Norway should buy OpenAI

What about this sentiment is specific to HN or engineers, that non-HN-types would so vigorously disagree with? How many countries in the world would have the average respondent in a survey describe their government as competent?

whimsicalism 39 days ago [–]

I don't disagree with the sentiment but I think obviously negativity bias would be a significant cofounder.

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