Maybe I only read them this way because I’m so aesthetic oriented, but I read culture wars as all about the vibes. “I want the vibe of my world to be like THIS” vs “I want the vibe of my world to be like THAT”
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you can analyze anything, including emotions, aesthetics, and vibes. But “evaluative-mode” is the action of *actually vibing* (or enjoying or emoting), and Andrew doesn’t live there, he just visits.
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Whereas I live in evaluative-mode and visit analytical-mode now and then.
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Tbh I think most people who live in feeling/evaluative mode do it poorly — they pick one of the vibe options on offer even if all the options suck.
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My ideal vibe doesn’t actually exist in any subculture I know of; something like “high-energy intelligent feminine biophilic omniwin”
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There are elements of hippie aesthetics that get close but w/o the high energy; there are transhumanist/sci-fi aesthetics that hit “high-energy omniwin” but usually lack the discipline & attention to history to be beautiful & do their biophilia clumsily
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The majority of “high energy intelligent omniwin” aesthetics are exclusively masculine
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and the current aesthetic trends online are heavily weighted against both omniwin and intelligence
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Hmm. There’s something there. I have a few vibe preferences at various scales (peace over conflict in the world, nice weather where I live, good coffee, laid back personal life energy) but feeling the vibe being off is an input that then turns into a thinking task.
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I think going from vibe preference to problem-solving is the normal/healthy thing for everyone, the variance here is how much time they spend going “what’s this vibe?” (perception task) vs “how do I engineer my life to achieve this vibe?” (planning task).
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I spend a lot of my time in perception mode but I wouldn’t say I have strong aesthetic preferences. The opposite in fact. Though I exaggerate a bit to troll you aesthetes, I do deliberately and consciously work on discarding aesthetic filters as I become aware of them.
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Ok, you’re right. You do a lot of vibe-sensing but don’t usually have strong vibe preferences.
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