> Yet another smug boomer with an overinflated sense of entitlement... ...who, to be fair, made a very public "mea culpa" about his failures in personal judgme

> Yet another smug boomer with an overinflated sense of entitlement... ...who, to be fair, made a very public "mea culpa" about his failures in personal judgment when faced with the possibility of buying a house he couldn't really afford. I don't necessarily think this article was all that appropriate for HN, but I did think it was a compelling piece, because of the insight it offered into how even otherwise-rational people could make bad decisions about credit.