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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 22 Feb 2019
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    This was a fairly careless little shitpost thread that got way more exposure than I expected. Not gonna defend it against all this unexpected rigorous scrutiny.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1098464678437507072 …

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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. Nils Gilman‏ @nils_gilman 22 Feb 2019
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        What’s the problem for which “bridging the two cultures” is allegedly the Solution? And who is alleging this?

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 22 Feb 2019
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        “Techbros callously destroying the world by not understanding humans... we have people skills”pic.twitter.com/y7SRdo2ZtB

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      2. Used very good‏ @adamhump 22 Feb 2019
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        unusually bleak commentary from you...

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 22 Feb 2019
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        I don’t think it’s bleak.

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      1. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv 22 Feb 2019
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        https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1071702892371832832?s=21 …

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        Visakan Veerasamy @visakanv
        A casual thought with 5 RTs becomes an assertion at 50 RTs, a statement at 500 RTs, a proclamation at 5,000 RTs, and a publicly-endorsed decree at 50,000 RTs
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      2. Sagar Dubey‏ @cigardubey 22 Feb 2019
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        actually good thread tho. the people bridging cultures one is simplistic but extremely well articulated and a great starting point.

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      3. Petulant Fig Nemesis (Mark 11:12-14)‏ @mwotton 22 Feb 2019
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        I wish the editorials about engineers needing to take literature courses in order to understand human emotions got as much scrutiny.

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      1. Leon Markham‏ @humanleon 22 Feb 2019
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        Two cultures is nearly as kayfabe as culture wars. Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.

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      2. Priya‏ @Prigoose 22 Feb 2019
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        Even if 'careless', it was good to see someone say this. Can't count the number of times I've had humanities friends make broad vilifying statements about tech. They truly believe tech is full of heartless tech bros and that more 'humanities' types are needed.

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      3. Priya‏ @Prigoose 22 Feb 2019
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        Like you said, there are plenty of humanities types in tech already like Thiel and Karl. (And me! I was a Philosophy major). In general, I find conversations about morality among tech friends to be nuanced and thoughtful.

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