there are things that you will NEVER be able to persuade other people of through conversation, argument, rhetoric
there's in fact a local maxima of persuasiveness, beyond it, each additional thing you say actually diminishes your credibilty
consider "the lady protests too much"
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There are two recent triggers for this set of tweets
1. Another article about some person's "much needed digital detox" experience on a cruise ship
2. This take by – the more I think about it, the truer it resonates with me twitter.com/priya_ebooks/s
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I instinctively have some -ve thoughts abt a person who goes on a "digital detox" with the intent of coming back to write an article about it
if you go on a social media fast with the intention of coming back to tell social media about it... you merely delayed your gratification
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There is something here about a strong mismatch between IQ and EQ. People who are basically kinda stupid but feel very intensely and richly. So their sense of the Significance and Profoundness of their own life is just not shared by anyone else.
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(insufferable prick mode: on)
the skeptical, cynical, judgy part of me is quick to assume that most ppl who wax lyrical abt profundity have experienced a sort of shallow simulation of profundity. True Profundity (TM) should stun you into humble silence (chop wood, carry water)
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Actually having said that I don't know if I can take any of it seriously. Who am I to say what effect True Profundity (TM) has on people. Maybe I am the derp?
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Qn: if you don't have the language to make sense of it, can you really have profound experiences? I suppose yes. I remember an Alan Watts bit about how mad street preachers probably experienced what Jesus and Buddha did. This guy comes to mind
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I think this guy gets it + makes a lot more sense than most civilized, respectable people youtube.com/watch?v=Y7rXlb
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Depends on what you mean by "making sense of"... for empath types, it might simply mean being in a harmonious emotional relationship with stuff. That would be unsatisfying for me.
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i'm inclined to think "if harmony comes that easily for you, it's because you're too myopic to see the clashes in the details"
wow, I am a bitter person 😅
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just thought of a practical eg – was dragged along to a club when I was 19. night ended with people crying, puking, fighting... even the middle was full of people being territorial, shifty, self-conscious. Yet several texted me afterwards "what a great night!!!"
h a r m o n y ~
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yeah I think I definitely have been a little extra-dismissive about this. something to think about
Also people are shaped by their environment to different extents. Some people carry everything with them, good or bad. Some people let everything slide off them like water off a duck.


