as we lose the ability to trust our governments, our media, and our experts, how do we regain the ability to trust each other? can well designed software help? this may be the crucial piece to the puzzle. people need to develop a new way of knowing.
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Replying to @DanielleFong
One small one: heterogeneity in social media algorithms —bring your own type stuff. But I don't think much of it's a software problem. The world is in a phase transition, and I think it's getting cleared by fire...
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Replying to @generativist @DanielleFong
Yeah, this is a great point -- all our constraining institutional structures are burning down. Phase transition is a good way to phrase it. How do we make sure what grows afterwards is better?
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Yeah, this is something I've been thinking a lot on lately in general terms: the constraints on us, as constituent parts, vs. the freedom & power of the system we compose. This thread focuses on the phase transition mechanism, but seeds these desiderata:https://twitter.com/metadiogenes/status/1240519168031625216?s=19 …
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ifrit @metadiogenesWhen a blacksmith forges a sword, he heats the iron until glowing red, then plunges it into sand to cool. Before, the sword is hard and brittle from being hammered; after, the sword is once again ductile, workable. This is called annealing, and we see its form in many places. pic.twitter.com/p4l52wY2HUShow this thread2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
i am going to make a forge on my island at my new base
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