Maybe this is why I’m meh on lifelong learning. A holistic philosophy of learning requires an attitude towards loss and degradation of knowledge too. https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1227401269498671104?s=21 …https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1227401269498671104 …
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Feels like Homo sapiens is ready to evolve past uncritical fetishization of knowing for the sake of knowing (Homo... studentus?) to actual “sapiens” ("discerning, wise, sensible") by treating knowing as a commodity rent/buy decision for the most part.
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There is certainly a kind of pleasure to learning and acquiring knowledge, whether to rent or own. But uncritically maximizing that pleasure is a kind of hedonism. We just don’t notice because society approves of it morally, and rewards it economically.
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Erudition: What you know Wisdom: What you know about what you know Humbletalebry: What you don’t know Prowess: What you can do Nihilism: What you must do Scholarship: What you know about who knows what Craft: What you’ve forgotten Artistry: What has irreversibly degraded
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Religion: What you refuse to know Tribalism: What you refuse to do Bureaucratism: What others must know Imperialism: What others must be able to do
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True! The other side of retaining/creation of a particular "voice" also means to lose/forget certain ideas/phrases. To be unique is a trade off of letting go of the generic.
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@nealstephenson had this in ‘fall’, where it’s used for asymmetrical pseudo-anonymityThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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