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“And the only way to reboot history is to figure out new beings to be. Because that’s ultimately what beefing is about: a way to avoid being, without allowing time itself to end.” on forgetting the internet culture war by remembering purpose:
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Interesting (albeit horrifying) reading the comments on this. They boil down to “but MY side of the culture war is CORRECT, so telling people to stop is EVIL.” I get this quite a lot too.
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Venkat notes “the culture war” is not actually about culture, or politics, or indeed anything other than itself. Internet conflict is non-referential addictive behavior.
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Interesting comparing ’s analysis with ’s Culture War 2.0. Peter sees the bipolar War 1.0 replaced by multipolar conflict among many ideologies; Venkat sees a meaningless brawl in which no one has genuine commitments. (Hope I’m not mischaracterizing either here)
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Might be a function of our respective ages/cynicism about sincerely held ideologies (I think sincerity = cluelessness 90% of time). I wouldn't say my model is atomized, though it's clearly not subcultural. Mine might be something closer to open-source insurrection idea
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