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Some job candidates check my tweets for political views. My tweets are mostly about dangerously stupid/evil govts and crypto. It's not a great format for nuance though. Would it be good or bad for recruiting to set up a sort of campaign site that lays out all my views in detail?

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Jesse Powell

@jespow

What kind of views? I have views on all sorts of stuff: drugs, immigration, guns, meat shields, The Prime Directive, euthanasia, abortion, suicide, religion, gender identity, housing, utilitarianism, free will, the simulation... basically all the college philosophy topics + more.

4:25 AM · Jan 14, 2022Twitter Web App

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Hmm.. I think it’s good to attract talent that will fit overall culture. A big corporate risk is culture going to “woke”. It’s the reason I left a good job. I didn’t to get vaccinated & they let us know that we had til January or be fired. That was really hard for me & my family

Hay3K

@CvberP

Jan 14

The overall culture was for that. I felt lonely leaving, but seeing Supreme Court decision let me know it was the right call. But biggest thing I look for now is how open is the culture to independent thinkers. Shows strength & good decision making. More important to have a

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In short term it is no good. In the ling run helps build culture you want

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If people are joining because of the exact same views, there will be no diversity of opinions and no one could possibly pull you up when you’re about to make a huge mistake (in a general sense-not *you* specifically)

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The Techno-Industrial Civil Wars.

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I would read your blog, you have an interesting perspective and I look forward to reading it, even in this format. Ever heard of Academy of Ideas on YouTube? Their format is incredible and covers a wide array of philosophy/psychology/etc.