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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 Feb 2018
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    If you agree that culture wars are like real wars in many respects, what wartime measures should people adopt to stay safe? I don’t think retreat from social media is the answer btw. You get hit worse later via indirect pathways.

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      1. Dan listens to the world changing‏ @danlistensto 20 Feb 2018
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        children should be taught informational hygiene beginning at a young age. it's a necessary life-skill in this extremely info polluted environment.

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      1. Simon Sarris‏ @simonsarris 20 Feb 2018
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        Do what the great weirdos Plato and Jesus did: Straussian writing techniques to say one thing at face value but give deeper meaning to people who are closely reading. If you can't, feigning an air of ironic detachment with memes of plausible deniability = poor man's Straussian.

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      1. PreemptPlacebo‏ @PreemptPlacebo 20 Feb 2018
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        Assuming one is a civilian not a soldier, get away from the front lines and stay away. Avoid those who find pleasure in using the weapons of war. Be willing to abandon what makes you vulnerable. Build a good group. Continue to do good and be kind.

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      2. Oli M  😷 test trace treat isolate‏ @olimay 20 Feb 2018
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        Info systems for both actual and metaphorical war overlap, so are evolving simultaneously. Many analogies to classical war risk being outdated, esp tactical ones, though strategic level could be more robust. What *actually* works for people *today*? Unclear to me...

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      3. Oli M  😷 test trace treat isolate‏ @olimay 20 Feb 2018
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        I think abstractions will likely transfer if we form the object level analogies correctly... main part of the problem because culture war targets vulnerabilities in storytelling.

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      1. Brett Williams‏ @brettlwilliams 21 Feb 2018
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        The evangelical Christian retreat is called The Benedict Option, lots of commentary and discussion right now. Same thing happened in 80's, was called The Joshua Generation then. Really good pocket universe to watch the unintended consequences of retreat

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      1. Meng Weng Wong‏ @mengwong 22 Feb 2018
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        Prepare for postwar reintegration and proactive PTSD management

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      1. nihalf‏ @nihalf 20 Feb 2018
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        Find a larger group with whom to operate. Identify friends and foes. Be organised. Make sure there is always someone on watch duty. Be disciplined.

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      1. ∀rvin‏ @arvinja 21 Feb 2018
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        Send your kids to the countryside

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      1. Brian Duffy‏ @brianduffytweet 21 Feb 2018
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        Reinstate ritualized psychedelic initiation (as in Elysian Mysteries) with psylocibin mushrooms. All peoples have birthright to at least one fully-curated-by-professional-facilitators-in-controlled-setting psychedelic experience. This would be my mandatory “draft”.

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