Venkatesh Rao@vgrTIL and also “oh shit”. I may be a pro verbal overshadow caster 🤭💩🤐Quote TweetDivia Eden @diviacaroline·Jul 12, 2019This supports the thesis that much of what passes for education is more like verbal overshadowing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbal_overshadowing…Show this thread3:51 PM · Jul 13, 20191 Retweet10 Likes
Pamela J. Hobart@amelapay·Jul 13, 2019Replying to @vgr@diviacaroline uh this is nuts, I’ve never heard of it before and feel compelled to drop everything & consider the implications.12
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 13, 2019Replying to @amelapay and @diviacarolineDo it 🙂 Then write a ribbonfarm philosophy essay on what you learn. Make it hyperverbal for maximum irony, inventing new words for every insight. I’d do it myself except I think people are on to my particular bag of tricks and it wouldn’t work.5