I want to connect this thread on political philosophy of free will to cultural consumption choices that seem “necessary” in some ways. Things you might sincerely tag #mustread or something like Kanye West music which all my music maven friends tell me is a must-appreciate oeuvrehttps://twitter.com/vgr/status/1187751885790302208 …
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Kanye is just an example. The general principle is that consensus reality is actually dissensus garden of forking paths, but unlike bitcoin, there is no longest-chain-wins rule. There is no protocol force ensuring universal consensus. So you get divergence. Multitemporality.
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It is tempting to think of there being a ground truth cultural reality with different must-inhabit temporalities being co-extensive and nonrivalrous imperative coverings of it. Many maps for different journeys, one territory. Any journey that is not prohibited is mandatory.
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But I think this flawed. I think in some sense there is no territory. Only maps.
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Must-consumes are like public keys for accessing temporalities. You can’t get out though unless you know the private key. Trapdoor realities. Hotel California temporalities. Self-securing cults that reprogram your log level life semantics.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1128713731096043521?s=21 …
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Connecting this bunnywarren to the meme du jourhttps://twitter.com/vgr/status/1187795298225016832?s=21 …
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Similar energy. Need to explicitly connect, but just logging it here for now.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1186056484481667072?s=21 …
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Paradigmatic example of a must-consume
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I am a big fan, but from a musical perspective, I marvel how cultural and critical importance peaks well after the creative peak. Just watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg5wkZ-dJXA …
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