The EAs were too “woke” and too concerned with appearances.
The EAs were too “woke” and too concerned with appearances.
seeming has become more important than doing.
Sari Azout • Things I'm Thinking About
Algorithm-driven echo chambers ensure that we only ever hear from people we already agree with. It’s not that people don’t argue anymore—we argue constantly —but the nature of the debate has changed. The goal is no longer to explore or challenge ideas, but to perform intelligence and “win” whatever discourse is currently relevant. The effect is an ... See more
The death of the public intellectual
GuyInPlace
19h
I don't have issues with elected officials saying performative stuff to connect with their constituents. But the discourse on "elites" really has become it's own weird entity disconnected from reality. We're at the point that the characters on The Office would be considered elites because they work in an office, some have college degre... See more
19h
I don't have issues with elected officials saying performative stuff to connect with their constituents. But the discourse on "elites" really has become it's own weird entity disconnected from reality. We're at the point that the characters on The Office would be considered elites because they work in an office, some have college degre... See more
What can we learn from politicians who overperform
precarity, fear, competition, and ruthless self-optimization direct us away from the sort of solidarity and small and large sacrifice and patience that would enact change. And so we flounder, eager and anxious, wondering what it will take to actually act .
Anne Helen Petersen • Themes of a Year
I embraced all these half-baked opinions without doing my homework. Whatever their politics were, I thought, they were now outdated. It concerns me how fast I dismissed the hard work of my activist predecessors after hearing enough “experts” spout off on the frivolity of identity politics when the international and interracial politics of Kochiyama
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