I was wondering about this today but I didnt actually think people would do ithttps://twitter.com/biologistimo/status/1414063553137545217 …
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its fun to demand people that who call you "stupid" poast GREs because 1. they are working from the premise that this is what matters and 2. you are Yes And'ing their premise into absurdity while 3. demanding they put up, forcing them to be either cowardly or risible
I wonder if this all might partly be a product of building a society where complexity is abstract rather than concrete (understanding how financial instruments work vs understanding a web of social connections using purpose-built wetware)
but regardless I think a question that smart people have to find an answer to is "how can people who are not smart live meaningful lives in the strange new world we are creating that is directly hostile to their well-being relative to status quo ex ante"
I don't have in mind any sort of holistic answer to this question but it seems to me that not shitting on dumb people per se and not attacking their remaining pillars of meaning for cheap status wins feels like a good start
a related thought comes once more from the notion of dignity, which I envision as basically a conception of mankind as individuals of possessed of moral value independent of their ability that cannot be taken by an outside force, only discarded voluntarilypic.twitter.com/swzzTF4z2j
Monke brain rewards bullying and punishes being bullied
what? it's pretty simple
where do i get a number?
This is transformation of society from discipline to control. Under discipline, you need only make rules that unintelligent people can understand well enough to follow. Under control, the fight for control of categories becomes paramount.
I am no doubt labeled in the bowels of some database a "right wing extremist." Under discipline, I had nothing to fear as long as I remained lawful. Under control, I find myself at risk of losing access to managed systems curated by "trusted third-parties." Oops.
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