After seeing the thread from the Slack CEO I think I'm going to start a diary. So much is happening, so quickly, and it's overwhelming my working memory, but we're living history in real time and anything not committed to paper or electronic media (and much that is) will be lost.
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Speaking of diaries: if you're not in a mental headspace to write right now, and I have been in and out of that headspace, pull out your iPhone, turn on the video camera, and say "Dear diary: here's what happened today." for ~5 minutes. Focus on what you saw/etc.
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It's therapeutic, and a hundred years from now, some elementary school student asked the difference between a primary and a secondary source will say "A primary source is a document recorded in real time, like that one from 2020 we read about. The textbook is a secondary source."
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Twitter has helped give expression to many hidden moods and sentiments. It draws something out of you. Like taking flint to gasolined steel and watching flames pour out.
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I talk to my psychiatrist about this and they agree Twitter usage can absolutely be therapeutic.
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The technical term for this is “reregret”
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I like to preregret... more efficient...
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Who knew constraints could actually make people more lucid?
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If twitter just did some
#AI work on user FEED, they could be the next Ex Machina ... Literally all of my thoughts are on here LOLThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Best source of Quibi-fied, textpert-reviewed r/t news and pop culture bemusement. Quality based on the weighted avg density of who you follow in your feed..
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