“And the only way to reboot history is to figure out new beings to be. Because that’s ultimately what beefing is about: a way to avoid being, without allowing time itself to end.”
@vgr on forgetting the internet culture war by remembering purpose:https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2020/01/16/the-internet-of-beefs/ …
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@vgr’s analysis with@peternlimberg’s Culture War 2.0. Peter sees the bipolar War 1.0 replaced by multipolar conflict among many ideologies; Venkat sees a meaningless brawl in which no one has genuine commitments. (Hope I’m not mischaracterizing either here)Show this thread -
Peter’s analysis seems “subcultural” and Venkat’s “atomized.” Subcultural conflict is interesting & potentially productive, thus arguably more important; but quantitatively it’s dwarfed by atomized conflict. Rebooting meaningfulness: probably required.https://meaningness.com/meaningness-history …
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This seems to ignore that there are real casualties of culture war. Not everyone engages without skin in the game.
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@vgr and I agree (contra some respondents) that the culture war is significantly harmful, which is why we’re concerned about it:https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1218272439043387392 … - 2 more replies
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I'm not sure how non-referential it is. I think beefs can be proxies for political sides, which have real world political agendas. Climate change can be a proxy for a call to wealth redistribution, for example. The conspiracies are subconscious, because human condition.
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Yes, what I said was characteristically exaggerated. But, there’s a bunch of research that shows most people evaluate policy proposals entirely on the basis of “Is this the Good Tribe’s position or the Bad Tribe’s?”
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displacement activity
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I didn't catch the non-referential angle. Jiminy Crickets, Morty, that is an addictive loop that is near unbreakable. If we have no 'real world' ToDo to Live tasks that will crash us out of the loop, how do we trigger meaning making?
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