culture war dynamics

choosing a side only feels good because it allows the mind to re-right itself into certainty while suppressing the fear of not knowing.

There’s a new genre of company that is Timeline Native. Timeline Native companies are birthed on the timeline and exist more so on social than in real life. The narrative around the construction of the business is the core product. The widget or service which they produce is beside the point. The product is us being able to decide and announce if... See more

we are suffering from an epidemic of "cocktail party thought". a huge part of our country can only conceptualize the world through nice little facts and counterintuitive gotchas. they view the world like its all one big atlantic article. not a big mess of blood, flesh, and souls

That's not why we come to Twitter. This place is the digital Colosseum and we want to see blood. But it's increasingly obvious to me that we spend our time fighting here about sensational stuff that no one can do anything about, because we feel impotent to make real change in our own lives.

one thing that is truly lifechanging is seeing precisely how haters, hecklers, etc are part of the theatre production. they are a part of the show

If you can only advocate for your ideology by shaming your opponents, you will inevitably be defeated by the most shameless people in your society

Sitting in your apartment alone radicalizing yourself on the internet is exactly what a hypothetical “evil overlord” would want you to do. The greatest act of rebellion is to go outside and forge relationships and start families and build things that help people and spread love.

When we mistake spreading ideas for taking real action, we overlook a crucial asymmetry: ideas and actions distribute their consequences wildly differently across time and space.

A stupid idea—one that seduces with utopian dreams—can viralize for months or years, infiltrating millions of minds long before it ever collides with reality through... See more