I disagree. I knew diamonds are annoying before reading the article, but I learned so much more reading it. It is possible that some woman might read this and not insist on a diamond ring with her boyfriend, and take gold or something more valuable instead. If this happens even in one case, it is worth the time the author(s) spent on the article.
Even if nothing changes as far as diamonds are concerned, it is still worth writing this article - imagine someone landing on this article and he/she hasn't heard of priceonomics before - they will read through their excellent other posts and learn a thing or two.
And lastly, look at the intense discussion at HN on this article. How many articles do that?
This is an awesome blog, consistently writing high quality articles. Thanks for writing this guys.
Even if nothing changes as far as diamonds are concerned, it is still worth writing this article - imagine someone landing on this article and he/she hasn't heard of priceonomics before - they will read through their excellent other posts and learn a thing or two.
And lastly, look at the intense discussion at HN on this article. How many articles do that?
This is an awesome blog, consistently writing high quality articles. Thanks for writing this guys.