I followed you because @_awbery_ tweeted a link to your ”But can a machine play?” post that I found interesting.
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What do you like to use Twitter for?
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I follow interesting people, mostly meditation or programming related. I read the links they post and things they have to say. I rarely engage in conversations.
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In found it interesting what you said in your article partly because I found it related to my kung fu hobby. We use a lot's of systematised forms (chuan tao) but also free-form sparring where you need to constantly adapt to what your partner is doing.
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You might like this then! I feel like it's getting at metarationalist ideas via systems of martial arts. https://blackbeltmag.com/arts/jeet-kune-do/liberate-yourself-from-classical-karate/ …
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This is a classic, and really highlights why I love MMA as an example of what happens when closed systems collide in a more-open meta-arena, of sorts. MMA is still a closed system, but one born from the interface of a bunch of very rigid systems.
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Right! You know the Rickson Gracie documentary covering his Vale Tudo (precursor to MMA) tournaments in Japan? It’s called ‘Choke.’ Although it’s a personal portrait, it’s also about systems forming people (& RG being, in some sense meta, or product of a mélange).
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No, but that sounds great, and also like something in the small Venn diagram overlap of 'media my partner will like' (action movies, martial arts) and 'media I will like' (philosophy, metarationality), which makes me even more want to watch it.
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You are the exception because I've met you in person! And that was a great conversation so I'm glad about that.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michael_nielsen list of optimistic people on Twitter, via a blog post on@MargRev. He's (more or less) promised you're going to fill my Twitter feed with joy and positivity. (No pressure) - End of conversation
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My Twitter these days is mostly DSA randos, people
@vgr often references, and journalists. I followed after reading the Sarah perry thread -
DSA = Democratic Socialists of America? That's all I got from googling...
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(how recently?) 1. Dunno how I found you, probably from a ribbonfarm-sphere interaction. 2. I care about how to live (wisdom), good models/abstractions (truth), histories (tradition), friendship, music, other stuff... 3. I like following people who like to interact positively.
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Do you have any suggestions about how to make your Twitter feed into a river of positivity (or at the very least an apolitical river)? I'm finding no matter how picky I am I always end up with guns, Trump and culture wars in my Twitter feed.
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I aggressively unfollow (or mute, if I want to remain mutuals with) people who post or RT too much thoughtless culture-warry content. I have another twitter account where I maintain an extensive muted word list, which keeps the most egregious stuff out.
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Found via
@vgr /@coyotespike circles but at the same time via a comment about your “magic” blog post. I really enjoyed that so I followed :) Abt me: I’m way more artist/music/typography type in life than on here. -
Haha. What is a typography type in real life? I have stereotypes for artists and musicians but not typography geeks. And what sort of art/music do you make?
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Typography types get high on type: https://klim-type.tumblr.com/#174382522124 Also, Cy Twombly, Agnes Martin magnificence (structures, of which typography belongs): https://pictures.abebooks.com/VPBORREL/18247235683_4.jpg … Music = png field recordings to soul 45s… What things do you care about?
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