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Depends on the person. It could be interpersonal danger via bad behavior within a nominally friendly relationship, fallout/collateral damage from stupid shit they pull near you, messes they drag you into without asking, reputational danger by association (ā€œEpstein inductionā€?)...
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What constitutes "danger"?
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Many of these risks also exist in more dilute form in the burgeoning salon scene (Zoom, clubhouse). An interesting precursor was the Edge conversations. A lot of that content was pretty good, but it’s now all kinda gone toxic from Epstein induction fallout.
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Again, the risks might be worth it if the upsides were genuinely high. But the culture wars have basically sharply lowered the upside while simultaneously increasing the costs.
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My suspicion is, if you don’t like drama in your media participation, it’s best to go mostly solo for the next few years, and vet all collaborative efforts carefully with a default ā€œnoā€ posture. Like it or not, each instance is a political capital investment.
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Treat any significant PR opp with the same lens you would a job offer. It may seem more casual and transient but it’s not really.
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I suspect a lot of waldenponding is misdirected social risk aversion. It’s not being online too much that’s toxic and brain-rotting. It’s being too uncritically social about it. You can be Very Online and stress-free if you resist the temptation to be too sociable.
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Not surprisingly the biggest waldenponders are usually the ones who really hustle to sell something with a limited window. Like a trendy or time-sensitive product/message. The pressure to sell tempts you into social risks your gut recognizes and punishes you for. Result: burnout.
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One of my free strategic options is that I’m never in a hurry to sell anything I’m doing so I’m never under artificial pressure to be more visible than I want to be. Hidden benefit of self-publishing and indie consulting on relatively time-insensitive stuff.
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Frankly, I wish I had more of the opposite. Maybe I’m overly critical about my productivity but I wish I had more ā€œcollege semester weekly assignments & monthly projectsā€ -esque time pressures to brute force some acceleration in my work/idea turnover. I want better paradigms
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