Venkatesh Rao@vgrPoll: how much attention are you paying to reality?Head 100% in reality game27.6%Big, important news only24.4%Things that pierce bubble30.4%Near-psychotic disconnect17.6%312 votes·Final results1:12 AM · Nov 4, 20176 Retweets1 Quote Tweet9 Likes
Leon Markham@humanleon·Nov 4, 2017Replying to @vgrIn my experience, anyone talking earnestly about “reality” is just trying to sell you their particular delusion11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Nov 4, 2017Replying to @humanleonThat's so cynical. Clearly you haven't heard the Good News5
Simon Pearce@SimonPearceLive·Nov 5, 2017Replying to @vgr@HiddenBrain Did a nice piece on this recently. http://npr.org/2017/09/18/551901221/we-shouldn-t-stick-our-heads-in-the-sand-but-we-do-it-anyway…1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Nov 5, 2017Replying to @SimonPearceLive and @HiddenBrainLol, ""A person should never avoid information, because information can never hurt a decision." True economist.1
Krsgoffer Jorgasbarg@spiderfoods·Nov 4, 2017Replying to @vgrTo the maximum extent a human can, IE, 0.0000000001%3
Okay@KMH466·Nov 4, 2017Replying to @vgrE) no way to really tell and I wish I knew what the answer actually is????????
Dirac Delta@DiracDel·Nov 4, 2017Replying to @vgrMostly asleep in my bubble to the extent needed to be effective.
mtraven@mtraven·Nov 4, 2017Replying to @vgrTrick question, nobody can pay attention to the whole of reality, and whatever one does pay attention to is just as good a part as any other1
RealBlueCheck Parody@tim_walters·Nov 4, 2017Replying to @vgrThis is the same as the question, what do you think is worth paying attention to? That's reality. (Not, however = to what you agree with.)