8/ So prediction: social media will eventually eliminate racism via ephemeralization, because on the social graph isolation is atrophy
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9/ Which isn't to say humans will turn into saints overnight. We'll still be star-bellied sneetches.
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10/ But race as central part of social identity has been disrupted. Racists today seem *technologically* odd like people who use land-lines
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11/ Once you know 1 person of given race personally, even if only online, and enjoy relationship, it's basically impossible to be racist.
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12/ Which means ultimately, it's rather cruel to laugh at spelling bee racists: they are digitally isolated, technologically obsolete.
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13/ Where racism is threatened, such as urban areas, it might react violently, but this is more like taxicab drivers rioting against Uber
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14/ As LBJ found out in 60s, gains against racism results in pent-up violence being released as people sense detente failing, but net gain
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15/ There *is* such an outlet online as well: explosive reactionary fringe blogging. But closing ranks on social graph is death by isolation
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16/ In summary, racism, the cognitive technology equivalent of slide rules for interpersonal relationships, is headed for the museum.
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if anything, the capacity to adopt hip, unracist stances has a substitution effect on structures that get depoliticized.
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I think that’s true as an opportunity cost, but I think apartheid is a local optimum for the rich—
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until they run out of racially pure business ideas to invest inheritances in: 3 generations tops.
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i.e. It’s hard to see why MOOCs + increasing inequality isn’t a stable equilibrium.
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inequality different issue. Making specific argument about racism. I'll solve inequality in a future tweetstorm.
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