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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Feb 10
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      Aaaand @doriantaylor makes a bid for peak trauma meme by declaring Agile to be corporate trauma 🤣https://doriantaylor.com/agile-as-trauma 

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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Feb 11
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Putanumonit Jacob

      Moar traumatrekkery. Now apparently rationalists are traumatized. This thing is not going to stop is it.https://twitter.com/yashkaf/status/1227301102967836672 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      Putanumonit Jacob @yashkaf
      Replying to @nosilverv @msutherl and 2 others
      Do you think that Eliezer and other prominent EAs/rationalists (e.g. Luke M, Anna S, Julia G) are actually autistic and traumatized? Or is this just a way to sneak in a disparaging connotation to people focusing on fixing the world before fixing every last bit of their emotions?
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    3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Feb 11
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      This trauma thing looking more lucrative by the day. How do I get in on this with a suitable grift 🤔

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    4. Ḟreyjạ‏ @utotranslucence Feb 11
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      How long would it take you to invent a suitable DIY-ish trauma therapy? Bio-emotive bagsed crying but AFAIK screaming’s still wide open

      3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    5. Dan Horton‏ @ifIknewIdtellya Feb 11
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      @mattgoldenberg

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    6. Matt Goldenberg‏ @mattgoldenberg Feb 11
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      Replying to @ifIknewIdtellya @utotranslucence @vgr

      @vgr Getting in on that sweet #ScreamSquad cash? Can definitely cut you in as long as you promise to renounce #SobSquad and everything it stands for.

      2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    7. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Feb 11
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      Replying to @mattgoldenberg @ifIknewIdtellya @utotranslucence

      Damn there’s a scream squad now?

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    8. Matt Goldenberg‏ @mattgoldenberg Feb 11
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      Replying to @vgr @ifIknewIdtellya @utotranslucence

      Matt Goldenberg Retweeted Matt Goldenberg

      Yes. But to be honest, the real money is in a closed loop system where you first CREATE the trauma, then you heal it.https://twitter.com/mattgoldenberg/status/1217420580150005760 …

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      Matt Goldenberg @mattgoldenberg
      Replying to @mattgoldenberg @QiaochuYuan
      Also I find myself wanting to push back on this framing out of the horror of the principle. Like, you can sell your soul to Silicon Valley, then buy it back at 10x markup on a weekend retreat.
      1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
    9. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Feb 11
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      Replying to @mattgoldenberg @ifIknewIdtellya @utotranslucence

      now we're cooking!

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Feb 11
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      THE BEATINGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL TRAUMA IS RESOLVED

      3:27 PM - 11 Feb 2020
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