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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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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I honestly think a lot of this is because algorithmic recommendations, personalisation etc means everyone is watching or listening something different instead of tuning in to a TV show or radio station all together at the same timehttps://mobile.twitter.com/NCResq/status/1061933510712348672 …
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Yes that’s the obvious enabler, but is the starting point of analysis, not the endpoint!
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