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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 Feb 2019
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    Both the Koch brothers and Robert Mercer are engineers by training. Peter Thiel is a philosopher by training. Alex Karl (Palantir) is a Frankfurt School social theorist. It astounds me that people still think bridging the two-cultures gap in either direction is a panacea

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      2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 Feb 2019
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        Somebody, possibly @Aelkus, needs to a write a definitive debunking of the Myth of the Healing Bridge. If anything, anybody crossing the bridge in either direction is far more likely to fuel the widening gyre

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 Feb 2019
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        If you cross the STEM/humanities divide at all, chances are a) you’re a contrarian who’s picked beefs in native turf, bringing a grudge to the other side b) have dangerous skills and weapons the other side is not used to c) want to use relative differentiation for personal gain

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      4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 Feb 2019
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        humanities sociopaths who cross over into STEMland discover that real power exists and holy shit, it’s held by innocent types who have no idea what it’s worth and just _give_ it away to anyone who flatters them with the slightest interest

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      5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 Feb 2019
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        STEM sociopaths going the other way discover that real power vacuums exist and holy shit there are big, bold moves that can be engineered and holy shit, huge hack possibilities are obscured by innocent types who think the limit of action is talking and winning word games

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      1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 Feb 2019
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        * Karp not Karl

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      2. Ramnath‏Verified account @rmnth 20 Feb 2019
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        To solve some problems that we face today, bridging the two is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition?

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      3. Reply with doggo pics please‏ @mateshutup 20 Feb 2019
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        Replying to @rmnth @vgr

        Constant vigilance.

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      2. Sambodhi Prem‏ @SambodhiPrem 20 Feb 2019
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        "Bridging the two-cultures gap" might have something to do with genes according to Rose McDermott. Liberals (Thiel) literally don't like the smell of conservatives (Koch) and visa versa. 🤔https://theinterval.org/salon-talks/02016/jul/19/ideology-our-genes-biological-basis-political-traits …

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      3. Viveka  🌳 🔋 🧬 🩸 विवेक‏ @viveka 21 Feb 2019
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        Replying to @SambodhiPrem @vgr

        Surely you mean Libertarians (Thiel) and Reactionaries (Koch)

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      2. Rushi‏ @RushiBhavsar 21 Feb 2019
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        Wait, but don't you count as someone bridging that gap yourself?

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      3. Meme Reserve‏ @mmrsrv 21 Feb 2019
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        Replying to @RushiBhavsar @vgr @davidmanheim

        No one in their right mind will cross a "premium mediocre" bridge once it has been labeled as such. V is a voice crying in the wilderness of trust.

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