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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 18 Oct 2016

    Sorry about the image, but this is too important to rewrite to fit in 140 characters:pic.twitter.com/hxDiilriwE

    1:16 AM - 18 Oct 2016
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      2. Trevor McKendrick‏Verified account @TrevMcKendrick 18 Oct 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        (fwiw I disagree entirely with dhh and consider him mostly a troll) but that quote applies equally to religions, cult members, etc

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 18 Oct 2016
        Replying to @TrevMcKendrick

        Cult members are the last people who'd go against their peers. That's practically the defining quality of a cult.

        2 replies 1 retweet 12 likes
      4. Trevor McKendrick‏Verified account @TrevMcKendrick 18 Oct 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        I guess I have a broader definition of peers, but fair point

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      2. Ben Evans‏ @kittylyst 18 Oct 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        The test of your principles is whether you consistently favour the privileged or the marginalised.

        1 reply 1 retweet 15 likes
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @kittylyst

        Surely it's better to be on the side of whoever's in the right, not merely whoever is the weaker?

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      4. Ben Evans‏ @kittylyst 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        The key word is "consistently". Successful people routinely overvalue their own contribution to their success 1/

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      5. Ben Evans‏ @kittylyst 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @kittylyst @paulg

        & have blind spots about the role of good fortune in their life. Therefore to consistently side with them & not the disadvantaged 2/

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      6. Ben Evans‏ @kittylyst 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @kittylyst @paulg

        is potentially indicative of a cognitive bias which has wider ramifications when it is held by a powerful person such as yourself. /3

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      1. Nate Tharp‏ @natetharp 18 Oct 2016
        Replying to @paulg @Pinboard

        Sorry bout the image, it probably would fit in less than 140 characters but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.pic.twitter.com/ClgvT3LlV8

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      1. (have-YER! Candeira)‏ @candeira 18 Oct 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        "Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim." -- George Santayana

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      1. Aunkur Arya‏Verified account @aunkurarya 18 Oct 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @timschulz great quote, except is says nothing about the quality of the principles in the first place. That matters too.

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      1. Alex Silva‏ @asandroq 18 Oct 2016
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        "Tell me who you walk with, and I'll tell you who you are."

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      1. Matthew Perlé‏ @MatthewPerle 19 Oct 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        Would you have worked with Henry Ford? https://medium.com/@omosanzalettere/peter-thiel-is-to-trump-what-henry-ford-was-to-hitler-2f8b88425cea#.p2oim163y …

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      1. Denise Gershbein‏ @dgersh 18 Oct 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        .@paulg Actually the test of principles is if they stand up to facts. Keeping yr principles in the face of peer pressure is abt character.

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      1. Tina Roth Eisenberg‏ @swissmiss 18 Oct 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        So good.

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      1. Kevin Wang‏ @010010110000110 18 Oct 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        .@paulg you won't @ @Pinboard though

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      2. kashkhan‏ @kashkhan 18 Oct 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @kirtipatelmd what if your principle is white moderation and the biggest impediment to progress?

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      3. Kirti Patel, MD‏ @kirtipatelmd 18 Oct 2016
        Replying to @kashkhan @paulg

        care to explain? not sure what you're referring to

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      4. kashkhan‏ @kashkhan 18 Oct 2016
        Replying to @kirtipatelmd @paulg

        white moderates are pretending that trump racism/sexism is within the normal political spectrum. they claim principlepic.twitter.com/P5Bi7VOQ6Y

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. Kirti Patel, MD‏ @kirtipatelmd 18 Oct 2016
        Replying to @kashkhan @paulg

        oh god he is nowhere near the "normal spectrum" & shouldn't be accepted on principle

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      6. kashkhan‏ @kashkhan 18 Oct 2016
        Replying to @kirtipatelmd @paulg

        agreed, but thiel says trump's great, & @sama thinks thiel's material support of trump must be accepted on principle

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      7. Kirti Patel, MD‏ @kirtipatelmd 18 Oct 2016
        Replying to @kashkhan @paulg @sama

        do you have any friends or family members who are Trump supporters & how do you deal with them?

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      8. Kirti Patel, MD‏ @kirtipatelmd 18 Oct 2016
        Replying to @kirtipatelmd @kashkhan and

        I personally try to appreciate my own trumpkins for their better assets & when I can, argue w/ them gently...

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      9. Kirti Patel, MD‏ @kirtipatelmd 18 Oct 2016
        Replying to @kirtipatelmd @kashkhan and

        ...in the hope of inserting doubt & getting them to change their minds

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