Venkatesh Rao on Twitter: "I don’t think the Motivational Speakers Bureau is going to accept my membership application 💀"

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Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 24

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Every time someone has gone from liking to disliking me or vice versa, they’ve changed, not me “following the crowd” is not automatic. Herding may be an instinct but you still have to track turns. If you’re not paying attention, it’s suddenly “hey, where’d they all go?”

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Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 24

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Right now, of course, the answer is “to clubhouse”

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Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 24

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The good news is, your sleepwalking direction may become fashionable more than once. Then it’s like “he where did all these people come from?”

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Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 24

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Humans are starlings.pic.twitter.com/p8xeOLRaD5

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Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 24

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Sometimes sticking to a direction requires changing vehicles. If you ever go to the Top of Europe in Switzerland, you’ll change trains twice on the same track. From broad gauge to narrow gauge to a funicular. Really cool btw.https://www.jungfrau.ch/en-gb/

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Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 24h24 hours ago

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There’s something like personal conservation laws. Things that stay constant for you. Know thyself = grok your conserved quantities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant_of_motion …

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Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 23h23 hours ago

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Rule: The most acting-dead part of you is generally in charge

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Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 23h23 hours ago

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This is why the call it dead reckoning

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Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 23h23 hours ago

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Actually crowds don’t turn either. Instead some old members die and new young members enter on quasi-random new headings so average vector does a sort of slow random walk.

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Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 23h23 hours ago

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The most alive people are the ones who turn, to align with the deadest people (“leaders”) they can project their desired direction on because living energy is scary to own directly. The most powerful leaders are the literally dead ones, aka martyrs, Straussian greats etc.

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