Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderMeans-tested social assistance is now a vestigial remnant of an economy strictly dependent upon labor as its primary input for growth. As the share of economic inputs tips increasingly in favor of capital (via automation), most laborers will steadily become unemployable at a subsistence-level minimum wage. As a result, we will see dependence and abuses of means-tested social welfare by these laborers who can no longer participate in the market. The only long term solution is a basic income system…
This article is nearly 15 years old (2013). According to center on budget and policy priorities, the number of SSDI beneficiaries has fallen from is peak in 2014. So this article was written about a trend that peaked a year after its publication and had reversed over the past 15 years. Odd that it would be reposted today. https://www.cbpp.org/research/social-security/social-securit...
I'm torn on this subject. I truly believe in a social network. But it drives me nuts to see people milking it. My neighbor in one side of me is in a wheelchair from an injury from an altercation years ago. His previous profession would easily accommodate a wheelchair. But he's an asshole and does not participate in society. So he's on disabiluty. My neighbor in the other side had a sit down sales job before having a stroke at…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 887
- Total comments
- 599
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-03-22 | Unfit for workFirst breakout · Best thread | ilamont | 738 | 447 |
| 2016-06-15 | Unfit for Work: The startling rise of disability in America | zt | 1 | 0 |
| 2017-12-24 | Unfit for Work: The startling rise of disability in America | Tomte | 48 | 21 |
| 2019-10-17 | Unfit for Work (2013) | forrestbrazeal | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-09-15 | Unfit for Work: The startling rise of disability in America | dustintrex | 4 | 0 |
| 2022-04-27 | The startling rise of disability in America | elsewhen | 12 | 0 |
| 2025-06-07 | The startling rise of disability in America (2013)Hall induction · Latest 20+ point return | pseudolus | 82 | 131 |