One of the worst things about Twitter is that it incentivizes posting declarative statements. No hedging, no "maybe", no "my thinking is". A lot of dumb statements tend to be taken as fact and spread further than the more even-handed takes.
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oh interesting, I'm a naturally hedging sort of writer and have been trying to work on being more declarative lately
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I generally am hedge-ish too. There's indeed value to having conviction in your thoughts and expressing them strongly. But at some point it either becomes destructive or a lie, IMO.
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