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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 9 Nov 2018
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    I wonder if it is even possible to craft language that doesn’t implicitly legitimate *some* pattern of institutionalized structural power. This I think is the fatal weakness of even good-faith wokegramming. Language operations can only move power gradients around, not level them.

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      1. Kim Scott‏Verified account @kimballscott 9 Nov 2018
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        This was one of the things I struggled most with when writing Radical Candor. Power is bad. Hierarchy is inevitable. How can we write about hierarchy while showing it's a job not a value judgement that entitles us to hold others in contempt??

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      1. Middle Aged Reply Guy, But Good‏ @forvrin 9 Nov 2018
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        Power isn't a fluid, it's more of a force, like gravity. The more one has, the more it attracts. Equilibrium can only be maintained for a moment, no more, before the moment collapses and the power values are exchanged, with someone/thing coming out ahead.

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      1. Christopher Reighley‏ @reighleyc 9 Nov 2018
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        Even if it were not possible to use language in a way that totally flattened power gradients, if it were possible in some cases to reduce the differential marginally it might still be a valuable exercise. Or it might not, power gradients might be okay.

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      1. Ξric Ruleman  🍄 💸‏ @eric_ruleman 9 Nov 2018
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        ugh this tweet is painfully good

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      1. Varun Adibhatla‏ @vr00n 9 Nov 2018
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        Giddens' Structuration?pic.twitter.com/VWti9soqu1

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      1. Michael Porcelli‏ @michaelporcelli 9 Nov 2018
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        If imputing unconscious motivations and attributing unstated assertions is “fair” play, then no, it’s impossible. It’s universally applicable and unfalsifiable. It’s like fundamentalist religion.

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      1. Leon Markham‏ @humanleon 9 Nov 2018
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        Just wait until the heat death of the universe everything will be fair then

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      1. an end‏ @hyperfekt 9 Nov 2018
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        A weakness, sure, but why fatal? We can always try to minimize it further.

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      1. maybe: Paul‏ @pablomoses 9 Nov 2018
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        Yes but maybe it’s important to explore and understand the nuances of those gradient shifts and how they affect individuals and groups as we will soon need to build ethical structure around non-linguistic, mind melding tech. Just listened to this: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/long-now-seminars-about-long-term-thinking/id186908455?mt=2&i=1000423445751 …

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        https://youtu.be/H_Jb2gqu5xw 

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