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    1. 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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      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

      10:25 PM - 20 Feb 2019
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        1. zbracisz‏ @zacbracz 21 Feb 2019
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          as a philosophy MA, I can confirm that the power vaccums in humanities fields are huge and neglected. I basically got frog marched out of the discipline because I insisted that our word games had real world implications that didn't just coincide with culture war meat grinders

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        1. Lawrus‏ @levity 21 Feb 2019
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          This is amazing. But maybe there’s a case to be made for widening the bridge so that it’s easier for non-sociopaths to cross?

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        1. Meme Reserve‏ @mmrsrv 21 Feb 2019
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          If memes are merely "word games" then why are we here at Meme Reserve considered the Ruby Tuesday's of modern monetary theory? "Money is a creature of law" but salad is a creature of the salad shooter.pic.twitter.com/15dEA3GJT7

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        2. calwaits‏ @calwaits 22 Feb 2019
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          @threadreaderapp please unroll

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        3. Thread Reader App‏ @threadreaderapp 22 Feb 2019
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          Bonjour please find the unroll here: Thread by @vgr: "Both the Koch brothers and Robert Mercer are engineers by training. Peter Thiel is a philosopher by training. Alex Karl […]" https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1098464678437507072.html … Have a good day. 🤖

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        2. Christopher Marshall  🌺‏ @ChrispLMarshall 22 Feb 2019
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          I can think of some examples of humanities sociopaths walking into STEM camp (various companies spring to mind), and acquiring resources / wreaking havoc. I am having trouble picturing a STEM sociopath going into a humanities camp and wreaking havoc. Could you walk me ...

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        3. Christopher Marshall  🌺‏ @ChrispLMarshall 22 Feb 2019
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          through a fictional example of how that would work?

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