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This is my conversational account. For my work follow @ribbonfarm, @breaking_smart, @artofgig. Tweets are 90% vacuous views, apathetically held. Mediocritopian.

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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 Nov 2018
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    Easily the least compassionate people I’ve ever met are those who’ve broken out of bad circumstances by individual effort. The depth of their contempt and hatred towards those still stuck in prisons they’ve broken out of is astounding. Exit guilt or something.

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      2. Leon Markham‏ @humanleon 21 Nov 2018
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        Are they genuinely the least compassionate or is it more that you find their lack of compassion incongruous?

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 21 Nov 2018
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        Possibly 🙂

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      2. Ryan Bethencourt‏Verified account @RyanBethencourt 20 Nov 2018
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        Poverty is a grinding thing, it tries to pull you back in many different forms. I don't think it's simply hatred/contempt, it's much deeper, it's pain, anger, a fight to stay above and a scarring of the past.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 Nov 2018
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        Yes, all that. I have zero direct experience of it, but a largish sample set. I’d say about 20% have turned “evil” turning into the warders of the prisons they escaped.

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      2. David McDougall‏ @dmcdougall 21 Nov 2018
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        Some of the most compassionate people come from this experience as well. It’s a crucible for revealing your capacity for empathy. I wonder if one of these groups is more likely to reveal their history and how it informs their ethics

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      3. David McDougall‏ @dmcdougall 21 Nov 2018
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        (Consider this a proposal, or a question, rather than an assertion)

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      2. Dan Hannum‏ @DHannum8 20 Nov 2018
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        I agree and this train of thought comes up for myself frequently. Why do you think this is?

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      3. Alexis Chun‏ @wabisabiyo 20 Nov 2018
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        Imposter syndrome maybe? The still-feel-like-that-kid-though-I-no-longer-look-the-part. And if I hurl enough vitriol at that “reflection” I’ll reinforce my new position, the us-vs-them (where I remind you that I’m not them) and hope that it won’t be taken away from me.

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      1. Kia‏☆‏ @alt_kia 20 Nov 2018
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      2. Farooq Butt‏ @fmbutt 20 Nov 2018
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        Followed very closely by privileged geeky techies who never had many friends but got really, really rich. Their contempt for non techies who can't make a buck is truly staggering. "Learn to code, loser!"

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      3. Casey Carhart‏ @caseycarhart 21 Nov 2018
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        Aside from Bill Gates . Most of them never wrote any code!

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