"Vibecession" reflects an increasingly difficult economy and society
paulpauper
24 points
3 comments
April 01, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
cdetrio
Many parallels between this article and another posted today ("Unsubscribe from the Church of Graphs" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47604253 ). Both are responses to astralcodexten posts, and the vibes felt around anecdata vs statistics.
porknubbins
As a millennial my whole life has felt pretty Malthisuan. I haven’t personally really benefitted from productivity increase, I have seen any competitive edge I had by being smarter or early to things erode away rapidly again and again. The only real defense is accumulated wealth or connections possibly.