HN is a bit like the Whole Earth Catalogue’s “Access to Tools” section.
Curated, [gravity-powered][1] links are the Access to Tools article.
Ranked comments are the books related to the article displayed on the sidebar.
[1]: https://cs229.stanford.edu/proj2011/Learning_to_identify.pdf
https://just.thinkofit.com/ivan-illich-silence-is-a-commons/