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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 8

    I get fed up with people who don't want to fix things. They just want to argue that everything is awful and will always be awful unless we do something radical which is also awful. They come from both sides. I feel sorry for people who have no hope & just want to chuck it all in.

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      2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 8

        We've actually got a good thing going here, you know? This secular, liberal democracy, equal opportunities, human rights, scientific advances thing? It's not perfect & recent events are alarming. Polarisation is growing & easy to get apocalyptic. Don't. Calm down. Think. Fix it.

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 8

        And now, goodnight. Yes, really.https://areomagazine.com/2017/08/22/a-manifesto-against-the-enemies-of-modernity/ …

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      2. Grumpy Lemonade‏ @grumpy_liberal Feb 8
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Terrible straw man there, unlike your usual high standards of argumentation

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 8
        Replying to @grumpy_liberal

        You haven't met people who say we're completely succumbing to white supremacy/patriarchy/heteronormativity or alternatively to far-left SocJus values & that we need to drastically re-order society? No Anarcho-communists, intersectional existremists, ethno-nationalists, alt-right?

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      4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 8
        Replying to @HPluckrose @grumpy_liberal

        Follow me a bit longer. I retweet them regularly.

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      2.  👻 Spooky Smudge  🎃‏ @IllegibleSmudge Feb 8
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I question whether there are really that many people who don’t want to fix things, apart from cynical manipulators whose power derives from discord and polarisation. Most people want to fix things, but can’t agree on how to do so, worsened by a societal collapse in trust.

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 8
        Replying to @IllegibleSmudge

        https://areomagazine.com/2017/08/22/a-manifesto-against-the-enemies-of-modernity/ …

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      4.  👻 Spooky Smudge  🎃‏ @IllegibleSmudge Feb 14
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I finally got around to reading this and it was very good. I might quibble with a few points, but you’d probably be disappointed if your readers didn’t, and I thought it was good enough to sign up on Patreon. Looking forward to reading more of your work.

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      5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 14
        Replying to @IllegibleSmudge

        Yay! Thank you!

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      6.  👻 Spooky Smudge  🎃‏ @IllegibleSmudge Feb 14
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        My pleasure. I’m always on the lookout for good long-form articles, which sadly seem to be a dying breed in these days of 24/7 hot takes and clickbait.

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      1. Matthew Landis‏ @THE_Matt_Landis Feb 8
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Alot of people don't even argue that everything is awful. They just say it is, and go from there.

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      1. (((ɹoqǝɹʇs ɹ ɔ)))‏ @MetaRantz Feb 8
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I read the thread this starts, noted the “no one wants to fix it” argument, you pointed to an article suggest a fix (maybe several!) and “...I don’t have time to read that”. Egad.

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      1. The 'Bone Saw Babe' Yukster  🇯🇵  🇺🇸‏ @SetagayaGirl Feb 9
        Replying to @HPluckrose @BristolBen

        We're all fucked. Admit it. 😂😜🤣

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      1. Slow Cheetah  🐆‏ @Black_Kettle Feb 9
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        To quote @OwenJones84, the politics of hope vs the politics of despair

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      1. Pallor Ergo Doom‏ @SlagOffTwits Feb 8
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Different topic, but I commented on the same attitude earlier. Relentless negativity and stuck in the status quo. It's boring.

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      2. Prez Cannady‏ @prezcannady Feb 8
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Remains to be seen who is right.

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      3. Ankush Narula‏ @ankushnarula Feb 8
        Replying to @prezcannady @HPluckrose

        It’s easier to destroy than to create. The real question is whether people have the courage to stay on the difficult path.

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      1. Jason M. Vaughn‏ @VaughnMJason Feb 9
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Feels similar, to me, to how drug companies often seem to wanna just "treat" symptoms forever. If the Everything-Is-Awfuls actually start solving problems, that could leave them w/ none to "fight."

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      1. Dr. Ryan McCourt‏ @MarcCountry Feb 9
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        http://nationalpost.com/wcm/b6246a57-932a-42d8-92b5-d25a5956ce2d … "The traditional liberal response of public censure and rebuttal is no longer effective because it just “devolves into a pissing match that goes nowhere and only makes people double down on their opinions,” he said...."

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      1. Dave Franco is THE SHORTCUT 2009‏ @l0g1c9uY Feb 9
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        yeah, but also bad are the people who cling to the status quo long after the jig is up. We need to know when to embrace change.

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