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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 May 16
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      No matter what the challenge or environment, I've found that basically the only way to tackle it in a generative way is to come at it with an attitude of abundance. There must be some X factor you're willing to simply waste in responding to the challenge.

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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr May 16
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      Time is the most powerful X factor to be able to waste, followed by money. But many other factors can be be X, depending on the situation. Marketing reach is a surprisingly good one. If you treat it as a scarce resource, it will act scarce. Shitposting creates reach abundance.

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    3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr May 16
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      Waste time Waste money Waste reach Waste compute cycles Waste paper Waste space (hard unless you have a mansion) Waste literal energy

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    4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr May 16
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      One of the hardest things about covid is that it's become far harder to find X factors to waste.

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    5. Francis Jervis‏ @f_j_j_ May 16
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      Have you read much Bataille?

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    6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr May 16
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      no idea who that is... what's the connection here?

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    7. Francis Jervis‏ @f_j_j_ May 16
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      "According to Bataille...the accursed share is that excessive and non-recuperable part of any economy which must either be spent luxuriously and knowingly without gain...or it is obliviously destined to an outrageous and catastrophic outpouring" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accursed_Share …

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr May 16
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      haha, no idea what that means in context, but it reads funny

      2:04 PM - 16 May 2020
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        1. Francis Jervis‏ @f_j_j_ May 16
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          yeah had to elide some to fit it in the tweet but the page is a decent summary

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