Venkatesh Rao@vgrPoll: Which is the most evolved aspect of being a modern human? (Vote, explain if you have interesting reasoning)Employee10.9%Customer21.8%Citizen22.2%Private life45.2%248 votes·Final results10:47 PM · Sep 13, 20171 Retweet2 Quote Tweets2 Likes
Danger & Cuddlekins@Chiliandgarlic·Sep 13, 2017Replying to @vgrCitizenry is hard! Being a person that is actually a member of a polity rather than solely it's target is an accomplishment
Andrew Bartholomew@andrewbart·Sep 13, 2017Replying to @vgrCustomer: The sophistication of parsing subtle brand signals. So abstract that it feels highly evolved at individual and collective level.
Naveen Mishra@_naveenmishra·Sep 13, 2017Replying to @vgrIf evolved=(complex neuro X env didn't kill), being able to have a private life to experiment for improved next gen gets my vote
David S@David_o_Bedlam·Sep 14, 2017Replying to @vgrPhilosopher. For it is they who seek to understand the conventions behind human meaning-making & strike beyond them.
Isaac M. Morehouse@isaacmorehouse·Sep 14, 2017Replying to @vgrCommercial life is far and away the most civilized and civilizing aspect of humanity. Civic/political life the most barbaric.27
Cymru@jjonesseattle·Sep 14, 2017Replying to @vgrAs a Gen X'er, feel there is this healthy trend/pivot around "what's best the buyer" disrupted by AMZN. So I think customer is most evolved
Michael Frank Martin@riemannzeta·Sep 14, 2017Replying to @vgrGene Bedell argues in the last chapter of the Millionaire in the Mirror: the employee of a modern global corp is unprecedented in history14
Brian Skinner@gravity_levity·Sep 14, 2017Replying to @vgrIn broad strokes, my life as an employee, consumer, and citizen looks similar to my parents'. But what I do in my free time is radically new22