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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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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 17 Dec 2019
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Sol Orwell

      84. Sol on relationshipshttps://twitter.com/sol_orwell/status/1206941391999385600?s=20 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      Sol OrwellVerified account @sol_orwell
      Let's do this (found via @nateliason). Topic: "relationships" 1 opinion per like. https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1205357296714280962 …
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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 17 Dec 2019
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted metamitya[notribe]

      85. Metamitya on finishing projects/being a closerhttps://twitter.com/metamitya/status/1206330623951925248 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      metamitya[notribe] @metamitya
      Companies should iterate in the smallest possible projects. https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1206302212177063938 …
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    3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 17 Dec 2019
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Chris Clark

      86. Chris on online conspiracy theorieshttps://twitter.com/chrisclark1729/status/1207060669742272512 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      Chris Clark @chrisclark1729
      I'm late to this, because I've been sick. I've been sick almost certainly because of the estrogen gay bombs being put into the water by the California government. Want to get in before the @vgr 100 cap. https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1206013682485878784 …
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    4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 17 Dec 2019
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Charlie Awbery

      87. Charlie/Rin’dzin on vacuous Buddhist platitudeshttps://twitter.com/_awbery_/status/1207089466906595329 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      Charlie Awbery @_awbery_
      okay I’ll bite… 1 like = 1 vacuous Buddhist platitude I’ll use #VacuousBuddhistPlatitudes which you can mute if you don’t want to see these tweets. https://twitter.com/context_ing/status/1205979464976330752 …
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    5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 17 Dec 2019
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted MΔ5K

      88. MaskOfIcarus on his brain’s recurring pieces of imageryhttps://twitter.com/maskoficarus/status/1207089679646023680 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      MΔ5K @maskoficarus
      I've put it off long enough. This is my @vgr thread. One ❤️ gets you a description of one of my brain's recurring pieces of imagery.
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    6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 17 Dec 2019
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted full-stack monastic  🧘‍♂️ 🗺

      89. Tasshin on meditation tipshttps://twitter.com/tasshinfogleman/status/1207087383226781696 …

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      full-stack monastic  🧘‍♂️ 🗺 @tasshinfogleman
      1 like = 1 tip for your meditation practice https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1205357296714280962 …
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    7. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 17 Dec 2019
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted damian

      90. Damien on video games as literature (also, 10 spots left before I stop adding to this metathread)https://twitter.com/damian0815/status/1207097367712927745 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      damian @damian0815
      all right fine i’ll do the @vgr 100 tweet challenge 100 opinions about videogames as literature. let’s go
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    8. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 17 Dec 2019
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Sahil Lavingia

      91. Sahil on things he’s learned about animation/filmmaking/entertainmenthttps://twitter.com/shl/status/1207101725984743424 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      Sahil LavingiaVerified account @shl
      1 like on this tweet = 1 thing I learned about animation/filmmaking/entertainment while living in LA. https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1205983999274840064 …
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    9. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 17 Dec 2019
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Lawrus

      92. Lawrence on being Asian in techhttps://twitter.com/levity/status/1205987732641574912 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      Lawrus @levity
      I’ll do one opinion per like on this topic. Why this topic, I don’t know, but I feel provoked, so well done @vgr https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1205987218977775616 …
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    10. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 17 Dec 2019
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Samo Burja

      93. Samo on wisdom/madness of crowdshttps://twitter.com/samoburja/status/1207153887544778754 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      Samo Burja @SamoBurja
      One like = One Opinion on Wisdom and Madness of Crowds https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1207151830339162114 …
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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 18 Dec 2019
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted David R. MacIver

      94. David on the nature of emotions.https://twitter.com/DRMacIver/status/1207308506698792960 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      David R. MacIver @DRMacIver
      OK, lets do this. One like = one tweet about emotions, especially the nature of emotions, maximum of one hundred tweets. Topic suggested by a friend in private and I liked it. Fair warning: I'm still figuring all of this out myself.
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        2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 18 Dec 2019
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Matt Elder

          95. Matt on play (only 5 more spots left in the Threadapalooza 2019 lineup)https://twitter.com/fiddlemath/status/1207404931776315392 …

          Venkatesh Rao added,

          Matt Elder @fiddlemath
          Alright, @vgr, I'm down. 1 like = 1 take about play; up to 100. https://twitter.com/diviacaroline/status/1207119068001636352 …
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        3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 18 Dec 2019
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Beau Sievers

          96. Beau on music composition, cognition, and perceptionhttps://twitter.com/beausievers/status/1207037689163206656 …

          Venkatesh Rao added,

          Beau Sievers @beausievers
          Like this post for one opinion about music composition, cognition, and perception. Retweet this post for either a hot take or an abstruse technical detail (chosen at random). To get things started: We have no music theory worth the name. https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1205357296714280962?s=20 …
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        4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 18 Dec 2019
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Divia Eden

          97. Divia Aunty on naming practices https://twitter.com/diviacaroline/status/1206093707415408640?s=21 …https://twitter.com/diviacaroline/status/1206093707415408640 …

          Venkatesh Rao added,

          Divia Eden @diviacaroline
          I won’t tag him, but as assigned by vgr: 1 like= 1 opinion of mine about “naming practices”.
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        5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 18 Dec 2019
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Maximally

          98. Max on life and happiness in your 20s https://twitter.com/maxefremov/status/1207490162189574144?s=21 …https://twitter.com/maxefremov/status/1207490162189574144 …

          Venkatesh Rao added,

          Maximally @maxefremov
          Replying to @vgr
          Ok, shooting for 3 tweets per like, or minimum of 30 tweets, whichever is higher. Topic, my idea with permission from @vgr, life and happiness in your 20s. Credentials: alive, happy 28 year old.
          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
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        6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 18 Dec 2019
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Travis Mann

          99. Travis on opinions... and who will get the coveted 100th and final spot in the line up we wonder? https://twitter.com/travisomann/status/1207494708882268160?s=21 …https://twitter.com/Travisomann/status/1207494708882268160 …

          Venkatesh Rao added,

          Travis Mann @Travisomann
          @vgr 100 opinion challenge on opinions
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        7. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 19 Dec 2019
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Sean Aubin

          100. Sean scores last official seat on Threadapalooza 2019 rocketship with a thread on community building tools. These 100 star-bellied sneetches shall have a Netflix show made about them. You may ofc post unofficial entries in comments. https://twitter.com/voyageur_techno/status/1207645928255033344?s=21 …https://twitter.com/voyageur_techno/status/1207645928255033344 …

          Venkatesh Rao added,

          Sean Aubin @voyageur_techno
          Motivated by @vgr, 1 like => 2 opinions about community building tools
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        8. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 Dec 2019
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Jay Graber

          101. Allowing a special exception add for Jay on decentralization, past the 100 limit, in part because @context_ing has deleted his thread, and @diviacaroline has 2 threads, meaning technically we only have 98 threadapaloozoids in the indexhttps://twitter.com/arcalinea/status/1206749387914764288 …

          Venkatesh Rao added,

          Jay Graber @arcalinea
          Ok. 1 like = 1 opinion on decentralization. Technical, philosophical, political. https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1205983999274840064 …
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