Disagreeableness is hugely valuable to society (and costly to individuals). @EricRWeinstein makes points that should be obvious well. (I do not agree with everything he says :)https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1091119480527147009 …
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@EricRWeinstein's words. "Oh, his IDW is a far-right organization, so@Meaningness is now my enemy!" This is absurd—which is precisely his point. He claims to be a leftist. Is he lying? I think, rather, "left" and "right" have lost all meaning.4 replies 0 retweets 17 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @Meaningness @EricRWeinstein
Eric is definitely a kind of "left". I liked your system/commune split piece. But the fact that so many weaponize the amorphous definitions of "left" and "right" does not mean they don't have meaning. source: lots of long coffee/lunch convos when we worked together.
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Perhaps a steel man of "left and right have no meaning" is that "you can't assume that someone will use 'left' and 'right' the way you will so much that it's often impractical"
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That’s better, yes! Sweeping generalizations are my greatest flaw. I too often assume readers can supply the second-order terms I take for granted, but of course that’s often a mistake.
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Replying to @Meaningness @EricRWeinstein
well, I've interacted enough with you on twitter and read your writing that I assumed you had the more nuanced version of the statement in mind, and wanted to make sure I wasn't unfairly chastising.
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Thank you, that is extremely decent of you!
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Might be something to this "the IDW is about a pre-discussion means of good-faith discussion"...
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