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Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value.

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    David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 30 Dec 2017
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    Dramatic decrease in fraction of high-IQ teenagers in past 20 years. Many fewer reach Piaget’s “formal operations”: ability to think systematically. ♻️@DegenRolf, @Black__Dwarf http://www.sciencedirect.com.sci-hub.tw/science/article/pii/S0160289617302787# …pic.twitter.com/wBbEArmVxI

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      1. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 30 Dec 2017
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        “A bridge to meta-rationality vs. civilizational collapse” suggests an explanation for the loss in Piagetian formal operations, and a way to reverse it:https://meaningness.com/metablog/stem-fluidity-bridge …

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      2. Jes Wolfe!‏ @jes5199 30 Dec 2017
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        Replying to @Meaningness @DegenRolf @Black__Dwarf

        this suggests that the next generation will pick leaders worse than the ones the Boomers picked? That would be impressive

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      3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 30 Dec 2017
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        Replying to @jes5199 @DegenRolf @Black__Dwarf

        It’s worrying, yes

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      2. simpolism‏ @simpolism 31 Dec 2017
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        Replying to @Meaningness @DegenRolf @Black__Dwarf

        Quasi-troll: emphasis on systematicity is a quirk of modernist zeitgeist and is unnecessary outside of STEM-related work.

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      3. B. capitis‏ @brazen_cabeza 31 Dec 2017
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        Replying to @simpolism @Meaningness and

        Systematicity is how you synthesize the position of the cliff edge, your velocity, and the coefficient of friction where your shoes meet the surface of the intervening ground.

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      1. Namgyal Dorje‏ @ngakpa 30 Dec 2017
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        Replying to @Meaningness @DegenRolf @Black__Dwarf

        I think the elected (not the electorate) would benefit from more plumbers and fewer lawyers.

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      2. Billy Smith‏ @billy74919063 30 Dec 2017
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        Replying to @Meaningness @DegenRolf @Black__Dwarf

        Who says that Plumbers and Service workers cannot think? It's advantageous to the top levels of the existing status quo, if there's no-one around who could "rock the boat", but that just creates a society that has no resilience.

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      3. Billy Smith‏ @billy74919063 30 Dec 2017
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        Replying to @billy74919063 @Meaningness and

        One of the sharpest minds that i ever met was someone who was working as a welder in the Glasgow shipyards, but also happened to be a highly educated, and, erudite, union organiser.

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      2. '*•:Ḟreyjạ:•*'‏ @utotranslucence 31 Dec 2017
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        @josephgentle just moved to Melbourne, is an insightful, playful, and compassionate human being, and is also interested in coliving/intentional communities. Go!

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