First I want to thank you for the tireless job of moderating this form, it is really the thing that keeps it as a special place on the internet.
I genuinely wanted to ask if you feel out of depth on moderating the current and upcoming news on both the US and AI.
Both feel like we are heading towards things many of us have not experienced in our lives.
How do you find your previous moderation experience is leading you in the current environment?
But I hasten to qualify this:
(1) This is just my feeling! You asked how I feel, so I'm telling you, but I don't claim my feeling is anything more than that.
(2) I'm only talking about dynamics on HN. I'm not talking about what Trump might do or AI might do; it's not my job to comment on those and your guess is as good as mine anyhow.
Makes sense to really focus your commitment to HN.
I can appreciate your emotional discipline in these times. I could work on that more myself
Not all the time, no. It's good to stay informed and maybe even stay "functionally outraged" a bit. But having HN with its high degree of remoteness and dispassionate analysis to come back to is great.