Ask HN: Why is Hacker News not interested in defense technology?

5 points

4 years ago

National defense is becoming increasingly important, yet Hacker News shows very little interest in defense technology. As a Navy veteran who lives in Silicon Valley, I'm curious for reasons. Thanks.

State Department Urges Silicon Valley to Aid National Security Effort: https://archive.ph/SXpc5

Datapoint 1: Posts about Palmer Luckey and his defense company go nowhere. Before Anduril, Luckey was the man most responsible for getting VR off the ground at Oculus.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=palmer%20luckey&sort=byDate&type=story

Datapoint 2: Google Employees Resign in Protest Against Pentagon Contract

https://gizmodo.com/google-employees-resign-in-protest-against-pentagon-con-1825729300

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