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new Type of essay on new Types of guys just dropped 🌟 tldr; Types act as Schelling points for group coordination by ratifying a loose pattern such that it becomes a Thing, and people can use it to sync up judgements and some consequences of the above hazardoustimes.substack.com/p/tht-13
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I think I the last few years I’ve become a Type of Guy. “Type of Guy who once wrote 1 good thing and is now no longer worth taking seriously but not yet irrelevant enough to casually antagonize”
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Kinda hilarious to reflect on the trajectory. Unknown —> Obscure —> Sui Generis —> Type of Guy —> Relic. There’s 5 more stages between SG and ToG that I never attained enough altitude to hit: Kinda Famous —> Sell-Out —> Actually Famous —> Mimetic Target —> Has Been
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I think I noticed the transition ~2016. Several ambitious social media types started acting subtly more guarded around me and sorta “handling” me like I was a clueless middle manager blundering around Serious Zeitgeist Things I could no longer be entirely trusted around 😆
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I’m clearly headed for ‘potentially embarrassing social media uncle’ Type before descending into full relichood
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Still better than people who cut straight from obscure to ToG without even 15 minutes of sui generis fame Everything is transient, including being a type of guy. Eventually you’ll be a type of dust or ashes.
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