Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 16, 2021Civilization is the process of turning the incomprehensible into the arbitrary.11046
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 16, 2021I made up this line nearly 10 years ago. Remains my best line. But apparently I never actually tweeted it. First mention I can find is in a 2012 blogpost.ribbonfarm.comRediscovering LiteracyI’ve been experimenting lately with aphorisms. Pithy one-liners of the sort favored by writers like La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680). My goal was to turn a relatively big idea, the sort I would n…116
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 16, 2021This is probably my best shitpost everQuote TweetVenkatesh Rao@vgr·Jan 26, 2016Occam's Razor, now with 6 blades and soothing aloe strip323