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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 18 Dec 2018
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    There's a sort of Dark Tetrad of topics: social identity, intelligence, religion, and genetics-and-culture. People who only ever talk about those 4 things... I tend to run from them. For mental health, those topics should not consume >20% of your intellectual bandwidth.

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      2. Rational Bot‏ @Rationalbot 18 Dec 2018
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        They also attract prolific producers of banal politicized schlock, making them rather unattractive topics to learn about.

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      1. Mmmkay Ultra‏ @HourComeAtLast 18 Dec 2018
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        Thoughtful observation. Those all seem to be very alluring psychic pitcher plants. Do you suppose it's because they can be leaned as interpretational panacea that aim to precontextualize everything while also affirming that you're correct a prior/prima facie?

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      2. Chenoe Hart‏ @chenoehart 18 Dec 2018
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        Is social identity supposed to mean what it sounds like at face value, or be a reference to more specific types of political/cultural positions? Of those topics a broad interpretation of social identity might be the most likely to take up bandwidth for a wide range of people.

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        Gender, sexual orientation and race are the big ones.

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      1. Well Done Steak‏ @BalkanizerBlog 18 Dec 2018
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        This is super underrated advice, it’s hard to get out once you’ve fallen in.

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        I can just picture the person

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      2. Leon Markham‏ @humanleon 18 Dec 2018
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        Thinking about counter examples. Devout friends for whom religion is a big part of their life where they play a significant role in their community (paid or unpaid religious leader). Can be wonderful people.

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        So long as the stay 100 yards away from Wonderful People of a different persuasion

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      1. तुम्हारा, सागर ।‏ @sagar__dubey 18 Dec 2018
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        My entire 2018 has been learning about these 😅 going to articulate my understanding somewhere private for now and move to safer topics in 2019 like how online advertising will kill us all or human extinction I dunno

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