I think I finally figured out what seems misconfigured about the “vibes” discourse. To use Pitrim Sorokin’s terminology, it is a Sensate culture (US+China centric) trying to respond coherently about a primarily Ideational shift (global) and failing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitirim_S
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at least in this part of twitter I think vibes is largely about finding belonging in spite of all the centrifugal forces pulling us apart
if you think of belonging as a precondition to collective intelligence & purposeful action then the configuration seems bang on
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I… don’t
In fact I think belongingness breeds suspension of intelligence, collective or otherwise, and surrenders to purposelessness
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is this a fundamental aspect of belongingness itself or how to many groups belonging might result in those things?
could a group or community foster belongingness without suspending intelligence or surrendering to purposelessness?
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thanks for sharing! really interesting piece
it paints a picture for a way forward and i’d ask what if it’s possible that the vibe discourse and community in this part of twitter is getting at this:
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