Venkatesh Rao@vgrPoll: what in your opinion has been the weirdest year for humanity within your personal living memory?1989 (Berlin Wall)5.7%2001 (9/11)17%2016 (Trump etc)71.4%Other (@ specify)6%283 votes·Final results6:19 AM · Dec 13, 20164 Retweets6 Quote Tweets2 Likes
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 13, 2016Replying to @jamesmcn.@jamesmcn @basche42 democracy isn't over, it's just beginning. What we've discovered is that it never meant what we thought it did.6
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 13, 2016Replying to @jamesmcn and @basche42quantum entanglement happened with non-democratic part of world, no biggie. You measure ISIS and US wave collapses Trump12
Jelle Haandrikman@jhaand·Dec 13, 2016Replying to @vgrAfter some consideration I stick with 2001. Back then I didn't know what was going on. Now it's just cruising along the projected path.
Rob MacLachlan@robamacl·Dec 13, 2016Replying to @vgraround 2010(?), when Google started returning what I meant rather than what I typed, and my phone had working speech to text1
Brandon Hudgeons@bhudgeons·Dec 13, 2016Replying to @vgrI was in Berlin the day they took down Checkpoint Charlie. It was the natural conclusion. 2001/2016 are close.13