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Historian and journalist. Ideas Editor @TheAtlantic.

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    Yoni Appelbaum‏Verified account @YAppelbaum 2 Oct 2020

    Every age has its favored metaphor for the sense that an unseen hand shapes our world: Great Architect of the Universe. Divine Watchmaker. It is somewhat depressing to realize, as a colleague observed, that our own era has settled upon, “The Scriptwriters."

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      1. Elisheva Avital‏ @ElishevaAvital 2 Oct 2020
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        Someone do a study on how a large portion of us can now only process current events as written by an imagined writers room https://twitter.com/Iron_Spike/status/1034137123941695492 …
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      1. SeanAvery‏ @SeanAvery 2 Oct 2020
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        Worse-- showrunner

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      2. Paul Rosenzweig‏ @RosenzweigP 2 Oct 2020
        Replying to @YAppelbaum

        Too kind. This script would have been rejected at the concept stage. The only people who would greenlight a project like this one are "The Self-Interested Investors"

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      3. Brian Gongol‏Verified account @briangongol 2 Oct 2020
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        I regret that not enough people are likely to be familiar with the classic WWII-era cartoon "Falling Hare" -- featuring Bugs Bunny vs. the gremlin. It's really the gremlin we're up against.pic.twitter.com/UxM3iOIveE

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      2. J. L. Bell‏ @Boston1775 2 Oct 2020
        Replying to @YAppelbaum

        Often those metaphors grew out of the latest science and technology, as with the Watchmaker. For a few recent decades our metaphors involved computers and genetics. Now, as you say, they’re streaming serial drama.

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      3. Chris Oliver‏ @chrisodotco 2 Oct 2020
        Replying to @Boston1775 @YAppelbaum

        Great point. For me it's also this sense that *every* experience is mediated or curated in some way, which speaks to both more of this type of thing occurring (social media, targeted ads) and our growing awareness of existing forms (anthropocene).

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      2. Caitlin Flanagan‏Verified account @CaitlinPacific 2 Oct 2020
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        Worse, it’s Alan Smithee ...

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      3. PJ‏ @SYKOScoRch 2 Oct 2020
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        This is a great joke

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      1. Scott Clark‏ @_s_clark 2 Oct 2020
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        No, it suits

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      2. JS C0Ifman‏ @JSC0ifman 2 Oct 2020
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        Today's Divine Watchmakers mainly work for Foxconn.

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      3. Richard Schrader‏ @richardschrader 2 Oct 2020
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        And today's Great Architects are building glass boxes for Russian oligarchs.

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