That's completely mistaken. Everyone has finite time, and we need a way to find out what's worth reading. HackerNews and the Internet in general is filled with unnecessarily bloated articles.
Folks have been using tldr's in the academic sphere for centuries; they're called 'abstracts'.
Right, so you need a site that provides tldrs, whereas HN was built for discussion of the finer points of a topic. Neither desire is wrong, but you can't criticize the New Yorker for not being Reader's Digest.
Folks have been using tldr's in the academic sphere for centuries; they're called 'abstracts'.