Just last night I went down a rabbit hole reading about perspectives on climate change. I googled "hacker news for environmentalism", looking for a forum similar to this but with a less direct focus on software tech. This led back to an ask HN thread asking what users were doing to help combat climate change. This in turn led me to a comment that mentioned the "Deep Adaptation" paper by Jem Bendell which was something of an epiphany in that it's an almost perfect exposition on the existential dread that has come to be a low-level hum in my everyday life. It was also comforting to know that someone had codified my attitude about this dread being not a hindrance but rather a good thing.
Anyway, it just goes to show that while I wish this forum had more of a focus on these issues, the discussion here is almost always a great source of thoughtful perspectives and a place to come express oneself honestly and openly. So thanks for that, HN.