The universe is making a category error. @MargaretAtwood belongs to the class people_I_read, not the class people_who_might_read_me.
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Replying to @CoreyRobin
@CoreyRobin@henryfarrell Atwood tweeted a link to Henry's fine essay on Tech intellectuals.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@CoreyRobin@henryfarrell And Henry hasn't retweeted it?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mdpollak
@mdpollak@HeerJeet@CoreyRobin mentioning its existence is bad enough as a#humblebrag (but impossible for me to resist.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @henryfarrell
@henryfarrell@HeerJeet@CoreyRobin I thought the main purpose of twitter was self promotion. To a yank, your modesty is touching & amusing.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mdpollak
@mdpollak@henryfarrell@HeerJeet They take self-effacement and understatement to a level no American could ever understand.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CoreyRobin
@CoreyRobin@mdpollak@HeerJeet but it's just the habitus of a different form of status game (it's Bourdieu _all the way down._)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @henryfarrell
@henryfarrell@mdpollak@HeerJeet Of course. But it's a game Americans will never understand. Like cricket.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CoreyRobin
@CoreyRobin@henryfarrell@HeerJeet I'm a huge fan of that Kate Fox book. A model of how to analyze everyday life w/o jargon & w/ wit.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@mdpollak @CoreyRobin @henryfarrell said b/c everystatement laced with irony & understatement. Hence birth of esoteric reading.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@CoreyRobin@henryfarrell You've all seen this classic chart, yes? http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=56721 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mdpollak
@mdpollak@CoreyRobin@henryfarrell Brilliant. These are exactly the phrase Strauss couldn't understand at all.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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