A couple of thoughts on the post rat sentiment of "who cares about truth, I just want to thrive". On its face there's nothing wrong with refusing to have opinions on things and focusing on personal growth and overcoming trauma and all that stuff. BUT...
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First, having opinions about things like COVID, technology, economics, etc opens you up to attack but also gives you credibility. If you have many great insights on personal healing and development, surely you can stick your neck out on something externally verifiable.
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Many post-rats do this, but some refuse on principle. The real world is out there, and a thriving person should be able to face it and understand it instead of talking only about friends and meditation and crying and video games. I love these topics myself, but not exclusively!
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Replying to @yashkaf
vgr doesn't talk about any of these things at all, AND HE is a post-rat.
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Putanumonit Jacob Retweeted Venkatesh Rao
I very much like the Rao/Perry approach of getting at truth ultimately by trying to be interesting immediately. That's why I write on Ribbonfarm. If vgr still calls himself post rat (doubtful), I don't think he's happy with where the brand is going:https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1227344089034551297 …
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Oh I never identified with it... Sarah wrote the canonical post-rat definition post on ribbonfarm (partly in a trolly way) but it's always been a term looking for a referent ever since SSC put it on their map as a loose categoryhttps://www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/07/07/the-systems-of-the-world/ …
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