Andy Matuschak on Twitter: "@verstaen It's a good point: there are lots of enablers here. The followers are an interestingly different story. I think many (in fact probably most) of them really are engaging in good-faith; they're just confused." / Twitter

This story viscerally conveys a strange asymmetry in modern creative work: a person like Max can be doing work which produces civilizational-level benefits affecting many millions of people… and yet bad-faith behavior by a *single person* can seriously drain gumption.

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Max Roser

@MaxCRoser

· Apr 4, 2021

This thread is more personal than most of the things I share here, but I’m at my limit with Jason Hickel. I want to explain why I dislike him so much and how we got here. This is a personal story over several years so it’ll take a bit of time.

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Marc Verstaen

@verstaen

Apr 4, 2021

It is more than bad faith behavior bu a single person. The red actors for the Guardian can easily check if what they publish is bad faith or not. They publish it because it fits the narrative they want to push. Same for the followers.

Andy Matuschak

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It's a good point: there are lots of enablers here. The followers are an interestingly different story. I think many (in fact probably most) of them really are engaging in good-faith; they're just confused.

6:21 PM · Apr 4, 2021Twitter Web App

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