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Cognitive Mercantilism: AI panic resembles fears of early capitalism

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#21Peak rank
1Days on list
–Score · 7d
Oct 26, 2026First seen

Trending history

Cognitive Mercantilism: AI panic resembles fears of early capitalism was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 26, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 12 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #21 of 30, reached on Oct 26, 07:12 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 26, 08:42 UTC.

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Rank history

Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).

#1#11#20#30 05:5506:3707:1808:0008:42 Oct 26, 05:55 UTC · #30Oct 26, 06:10 UTC · #27Oct 26, 06:25 UTC · #27Oct 26, 06:41 UTC · #23Oct 26, 06:56 UTC · #22Oct 26, 07:12 UTC · #21Oct 26, 07:27 UTC · #22Oct 26, 07:42 UTC · #21Oct 26, 07:57 UTC · #21Oct 26, 08:12 UTC · #22Oct 26, 08:27 UTC · #22Oct 26, 08:42 UTC · #24

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

Oct 26today

Metric history

Platform metric as reported by Hacker News.

0204162 05:5506:3707:1808:0008:42 Oct 26, 05:55 UTC · 3Oct 26, 06:10 UTC · 15Oct 26, 06:25 UTC · 11Oct 26, 06:41 UTC · 36Oct 26, 06:56 UTC · 40Oct 26, 07:12 UTC · 50Oct 26, 07:27 UTC · 55Oct 26, 07:42 UTC · 55Oct 26, 07:57 UTC · 58Oct 26, 08:12 UTC · 59Oct 26, 08:27 UTC · 61Oct 26, 08:42 UTC · 62

Questions

Is Cognitive Mercantilism: AI panic resembles fears of early capitalism trending on Hacker News right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Oct 26, 08:42 UTC, after 1 day of trending.

What is the highest rank Cognitive Mercantilism: AI panic resembles fears of early capitalism reached?

#21 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 26, 07:12 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.

How long has Cognitive Mercantilism: AI panic resembles fears of early capitalism been trending?

It was first seen on Oct 26, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (12 checks) since.