Thanks, @sapinker. @alaindebotton and @Gladwell should have taken pro side to make for a fair debate.
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@sapinker Gladwells mocking style irritated and distracted from the content. de Botton was even weaker. Distorted the entire debate topic.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker let him trade places for a week and you'll see how quickly he'll realize how foolish that line of reasoning isThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@alaindebotton says@sapinker is committed to denying that an unrepresentative person's feelings are real.#whatareyoutalkingaboutThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@alaindebotton His point was wrong. Anna Karenina would have benefitted from more freedoms for women.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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It is hard to overstate what an utterly ignorant windbag
@alaindebotton is being here.#Enlightenment@sapinkerpic.twitter.com/uhmEHLux0F
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@sapinker Just watched the Munk Debate. Alain de Botton really knocked the stuffing out of those straw men. -
@WidelyForgotten@sapinker "I have decided what really matters and is not quality of life" doesn't win a debate on progress. -
@Lemonista@sapinker Yeah, not sure how you measure psyche.
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@sapinker@brian_carnell By implication, Alain de Botton would be no worse off if he were as poor as the bottom billion. Will he test that?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker congratulations to you and Matt. Malcolm made a good point about risk. I had no idea what Alain was talking about.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker that was very weird to listen to. - 2 more replies
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@sapinker de bottom correctly highlights that literature and poetry connects us to this emotional intensity through cognitionThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@Gladwell THIS is the guy who wrote "Tipping Point"?!?#disappointedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker I have to wonder what evidence could ever change Alain's mind. What even is his definition of "better"? Much incoherent babbling.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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