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Venkatesh Rao
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Conversational account. For work follow @ribbonfarm, @breaking_smart, @artofgig. Tweets are 90% vacuous views, apathetically held. Mediocritopian. IKEA builder.

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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 1 Jul 2019
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      It is a 100% sensate, 0% ideational society. Not a bad thing. Words here are narrowly instrumental. Truth lies in sensations. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitirim_Sorokin#Works …pic.twitter.com/qJo8FBKtSm

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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 1 Jul 2019
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      This is of course a hundred TV shows and movies talking as much as my direct impressions, but it’s like words and meanings have been left behind on the screen for the rest of the world for who, Hollywood spins narrative magic. The city itself is backstage of its own global brand.

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    3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 1 Jul 2019
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      Went to Hollywood yesterday. The Walk of Fame is — and there’s no polite way to put it — incredibly tawdry. My wife told me it’s basically something you buy with PR dollars, not a great earned honor. It’s basically a big brother to Vegas, with better distribution for products.

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    4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 1 Jul 2019
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      This @bldgblog essay @kneelingbus shared yesterday hits the nail on the head wrt my immediate impressions.http://www.bldgblog.com/2007/10/greater-los-angeles/amp/?__twitter_impression=true …

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    5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 1 Jul 2019
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      In many ways it feels like my head was meant to be in this space though I’m the opposite of sensate. I’m probably 100% ideational. Still, this landscape feels like the right backdrop for a lot of my thinking.

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    6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 1 Jul 2019
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      Example: Divergentism, is a very LA type idea. People retreating from each other in an expanding social universe where they gradually lose the ability to connect.https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2015/12/01/can-you-hear-me-now/ …

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    7. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 1 Jul 2019
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Maynard Handley

      “No true Angelino”? 🤣https://twitter.com/handleym99/status/1145877514834702337?s=21 …

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      Maynard Handley @handleym99
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      Oh god, that's not where you go to explore LA! Some mixed suggestions: - both Getty's and LACMA - aquarium - Mulholland drive - drive along crest of San Gabriel mountains in the Angeles forest - Huntington gardens or Arboretum
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    8. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 1 Jul 2019
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Ian

      Harmonizes with my impressions (I’ve been here as a resident for 3 days, but as a visitor have spent perhaps 10-12 days across 5-6 trips over 15 years... so not entirely a cold intro for me)https://twitter.com/neurovagrant/status/1145876730042675200?s=21 …

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      Ian @neurovagrant
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      I've been to LA twice, and it's always seemed less of a city and more of a resigned diagnosis that gets slapped on after all of the quantifiable tests come back inconclusive.
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    9. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 1 Jul 2019
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      I thought of getting more active on Instagram as a way to process LA as creative input, but I’m probably not sensate enough for that. It’ll have to be words. Whether twitter threads or an LA diary blogchain remains to be seen.

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    10. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 1 Jul 2019
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      I have half-ass promised a dozen people in LA to get coffee/drinks with across 3-4 messengers and email. I have no idea how to get a considerate social thing going. The “LA slacker” syndrome @Mapophenic told me about is already infecting me (can’t find link... will add later)

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 2 Jul 2019
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      Found the link, thanks Megan. LA flaker, not slacker, though I suppose that too 😆.https://lifeloveandyoga.com/2012/10/16/a-guide-to-dealing-with-an-la-flaker/ …

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        2. Patrick Atwater‏ @patwater 2 Jul 2019
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          All in the long tradition of snap takes struggling to make sense of this sprawl... check out Pershing square right by you and this canonical quote http://www.publicartinla.com/Downtown/figueroa/Pershing_Square/mcwilliams.html … If you read one book about so cal, Carey’s so cal country is still the onepic.twitter.com/xGcvxIQ2O6

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          If you do a meetup, it might be fun to do one on crashing into California. Escaping reality for the in your face dreams of la la land. Remember so cal was “discovered” after first imagined as a bad Spanish romance novel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_California …

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