1/ People I disagree with broadly have had some aspect of my beliefs corrected by (albeit maybe not synchronously, and completely dependent on accumulated experiences)
- @sonyasupposedly (high-trust)
- @eigenrobot (medium-trust)
- @PereGrimmer (boundary condition)
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2/ I think Sonya and I see the world differently in some critical ways, but I can suspend my disbelief and listen to her pretty easy *because* I've met and generally like her. Like, there is a lot of elasticity in that connection.
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@eigenrobot idk at all, but have followed long enough to know that we have a lot of overlap in beliefs — and also some pretty giant and highly antagonistic parts. I think liking a few of his tweets have got me on block lists, but it's been good (and often fun) variance for me.1 reply 1 retweet 13 likesShow this thread -
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@PereGrimmer is exactly on my boundary. I've unfollowed a few times because he's said some shit that I thought was just too shitty. But then found myself following again because he was saying something that *no one* in my network was saying yet I also thought was worth saying.1 reply 1 retweet 19 likesShow this thread -
5/ Anyways, people have been talking about {mis, dis}-info a lot lately, and the focus has been on the "thems" obviously doing all the damage, and the effect of filter bubbles (and similar analogies). But a lot of times its you cutting social connections, too.
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6/ If you don't like someone, unfollow or mute or block them. That's pretty healthy. But, there is a trigger-happy version of that where you cut off people for any disagreement and differences in beliefs, and in doing so, end the social negotiations. It's an isolation driver.
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7/ Like, seriously, to reiterate — you do whats good for you. It's relatively easy for me to say this for a combination of thick skin and the ease with which I can distance myself from any of the consequences. But well-partitioned cliques have costs, too.
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Replying to @generativist
if we can ever travel again, let's please get beers! First round on me2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
(this is a very interesting thread because I think I have maybe three beliefs I actually express on twitter! And possibly only three beliefs all up)
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Replying to @eigenrobot
My abstract understanding of beliefs maps how you spend attention back to them pretty quickly, albeit with increasingly wide errors bounds. Although, I also listened to your shitposter podcast.
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