Venkatesh Rao@vgrI bet you guys thought I was kidding when I said I wanted to invent psychohistory 😎Quote TweetVenkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 13, 2017I made a rough Sankey diagram of contemporary US political history, ± 30 years. *handwaves what 'political energy' might mean*8:45 PM · Oct 13, 201712 Likes
Mick Costigan@micostigan·Oct 13, 2017Replying to @vgr1/ Not sure apparent convergence to divergence dynamic implied accurate. Country (that much) more divided now than pre-Reagan?31
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 13, 2017Replying to @micostiganI expect a similar divergence/convergence bulge in Vietnam era
ChristopherG@galtenberg·Oct 13, 2017Replying to @vgrIn psychohistory, all the handwavings cancel out113
Ben King@Grimeandreason·Oct 13, 2017Replying to @vgrI'm not seeing anyone further left of Sanders, except "centrists going far-left"?
James Tiberius Stone@Evolving_Ego·Oct 13, 2017Replying to @vgrI could quibble about the categories some, but this seems like an extremely valuable way to portray the evolution of political energy.1
Juan Carlos Asensio@toysoldier182·Oct 14, 2017Replying to @vgrBut you haven't... You are now a relevant contributor to contemporary psycho-history. Froome is a good one. 👽👽