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    1. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 12

      eigenrobot Retweeted acid shill

      fantastic threadhttps://twitter.com/acidshill/status/1425863434374025216 …

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      acid shill @acidshill
      if you’ve ever read ancient philosophy texts, like the bible or plato’s dialogues, one thing you will notice (or should notice) is that the way they present ideas is really weird, from a modern perspective
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    2. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 12

      wonder how quickly intellectual capital depreciates at the societal level

      8 replies 1 retweet 34 likes
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    3. Lucre Snooker‏ @LucreSnooker Aug 12
      Replying to @eigenrobot

      i dunno, my take on this phenomenon, which i've thought about a bunch of times, is the ultra-whiggish one: we've actually gotten way way better at so many things. we condescend to the cute little ancient thinkers but in so many ways they just suck at what they're doing!

      2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
    4. Lucre Snooker‏ @LucreSnooker Aug 12
      Replying to @LucreSnooker @eigenrobot

      not just philosophy stuff but basic storytelling, creating engaging characters, avoiding plot holes and stuff to preserve suspension of disbelief, etc. the craft has improved!

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
    5. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 12
      Replying to @LucreSnooker

      but maybe they're very good at the meta level we are spoiled

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    6. Lucre Snooker‏ @LucreSnooker Aug 12
      Replying to @eigenrobot

      i think they're cool and interesting in lots of ways but i feel like people get off on overpraising them to the point of delusion. like beowulf is neat but it also kinda sucks, we can say that

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      eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 12
      Replying to @LucreSnooker

      its more like knowing how to use a computer in 2021 to program something vs just groping toward the idea of programming in the 19th century our tools and output are in many ways much better but in another way starting from nothing to imagining code is a much harder problem

      12:45 PM - 12 Aug 2021
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