I block almost no one but also have few detractors afaik? Hmmmm probably semideliberatehttps://twitter.com/QuasLacrimas/status/1156564259825958914 …
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writing in such a way that you generate no detractors is fairly tricky actually probably a threshold of fame past which it's not feasible and also probably caps the extent to which you become famous, because you end up either boring or esoteric
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eigenrobot Retweeted Jonah Bennett 🌐 🚀
this is pretty relevant as well taleb def goes out of his way to pick fights which is weird in combination with the blocking is this just being infantile or is there a method? hmhttps://twitter.com/BennettJonah/status/1156649827213533184?s=19 …
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I mean...that's the whole reason for his popularity, isn't it? His books were basically scicomm designed for enthusiastic reception by arrogant and aggressive assholes. (I used to love this stuff fwiw.)
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