1/ One of bet bits of life advice I ever got was from Heinlein via, I think, "The Door Into Summer". Guy goes into cryosleep for a century wakes up, skims a history book for a few hours, gets up to speed, marvels about how much time he'd've wasted reading the paper every day.https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1154379846673412096 …
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9/ I mostly try not to discuss object-level events and news, and use object-level facts only to illustrate meta-level / patterns / concepts. "Bernie might win!!!" is terrible. "Late state capitalist societies have a tendency to ..." is interesting.https://twitter.com/BoredGreyface/status/1154410568192864257 …
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That's the 'small stuff.'
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And I listen to virtually zero talk radio, btw, I'm not saying that it's a great source of info at all, just that the big trends in liberty/tyranny are important and not to be ignored. It's easier to fight them early than late.
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Then why use Twitter to discuss current events with people and test each other's understanding of the news? I get your perspective and maybe you're right, but then what's the point of having this social media account as a part of your life?
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