“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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Interesting (albeit horrifying) reading the comments on this. They boil down to “but MY side of the culture war is CORRECT, so telling people to stop is EVIL.” I get this quite a lot too.
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Venkat notes “the culture war” is not actually about culture, or politics, or indeed anything other than itself. Internet conflict is non-referential addictive behavior.
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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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David Chapman Retweeted Venkatesh brrrRao
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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 …David Chapman added,
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FWIW, my analysis of the harm done by Culture War 1.0… somewhat ancient history now, but CW2.0 is similar enough for some of it to apply:https://meaningness.com/counterculture-war …
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And how to resolve the CW1.0 conflict:https://meaningness.com/completing-countercultures …
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