Is it possible to be a good blogger if you don't have some kind of a chip on your shoulder?
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Replying to @spiderfoods
I think it’s possible, but you’d need a different source of motivation
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Replying to @literalbanana
I don’t know what motivates people besides pettiness and resentment
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Replying to @literalbanana
I think this is basically wrong. If you know what motivates you, you will generally find other media to express yourself, not blogging. Like Twitter. Blogging tends to clarify very illegible motives into less illegible ones.
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Replying to @vgr @literalbanana
By "blogging" I mean specifically something like the meaningness project, your "gonzo density", manifesto-building etc.
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Replying to @spiderfoods @literalbanana
Yeah, chip-on-shoulder is not very workable for that. It can power things like standup, music, entrepreneurship, polemic, journalism, etc. Taleb is a rare longform resentment/spite guy.
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Replying to @vgr @literalbanana
Taleb's spite is adaptive and he explains exactly why in this post. I'm convinced it's largely posturing and inauthentic but is a kind of shield for social media presence benefits. https://medium.com/incerto/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dictatorship-of-the-small-minority-3f1f83ce4e15 …
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Replying to @danlistensto @literalbanana
Yeah it's paper-thin post-hoc rationalization. Being an asshole is mild ongoing trauma for people unless you've hooked it into a nice narcissistic injury. Behind every act of trolling is an unforgotten humiliation.
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Replying to @vgr @literalbanana
thats worthy of some quote-of-the-day toilet paper
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At the risk of annoying some on this thread, I'd add Moldbug to the rare Taleb-species of people who make resentment work as longform fuel without dying of apoplexy by word 1000 
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