I thought it was very interesting to learn about the effects of certain societal aspects on human behavior in societies at large.

Hackernews serves as a distribution vector for most content which expands the mind to new technologies, cultures, science, or entrepreneurial techniques.

For you, there is still quite a fair amount of technical content posted daily :-).

If you don't want to read it then don't. But if it's being upvoted to the front page it usually means other people here find it interesting and want to discuss it.

Agreed. Can't believe this is the top link on HN.

On a related note, there is crazy stuff like this in China everywhere.