[smithza]

I think C.S. Lewis is right in a lot of this. How much of ourselves do we give up in pursuit of being "in the circle", "in the know", "with those important folks"?

He extends this philosophy in science-fiction/novel form in _That Hideous Strength_[1].

[1] https://a.co/d/4MuVdWD

[cratermoon]

Isn't posting and commenting on HN, at least in part, a product of longing to be part of an Inner Circle of hackers and Silicon Valley elites?

[andrewflnr]

No. I mean, maybe for some people. Some of us just enjoy talking about tech stuff online.

[mashygpig]

The latter quarter of the article goes into depth about how one can accidentally find oneself in an inner ring, but it is through a wholesome pursuit and no ulterior motive. The other reply to this comment gets it write: people here like interacting with the things on HN.

In other words, to comment on HN does not mean you are striving to be in the inner circle.

[johngossman]

“That Hideous Strength” is also a good takedown of Longtermism (and its predecessors).

[HideousKojima]

That Hideous Strength is a good book, but it's just bizarre compared to the previous two books in the trilogy (and admittedly Perelandra gets pretty bizarre in the final 20% or so of the book). But my favorite lesson is from Perelandra: Sometimes you can't beat the devil in a battle of wits, sometimes you just gotta beat him to death.

[tomcatfish]

Explain?