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This is my conversational account. For my work follow @ribbonfarm, @breaking_smart, @artofgig. Tweets are 90% vacuous views, apathetically held. Mediocritopian.

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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 3 May 2018
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    My ahead-of-curve scorecard, measured in terms of how much earlier than mainstream I’d heard of various things NRx: 3 years Incels: 3 years Crypto: 3 years Twitter: 5 years Turmeric in milk: 40 years Things I was late to: fidget spinners, touchscreens, MP3s, avocados, stocks

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      2. Alan Vazquez‏ @AlanV_ 4 May 2018
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        This honestly gives me hope that trend discovery is not inversely correlated with age.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 4 May 2018
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        It is, but not the way you might think. You lose interest more than you lose the ability to keep up.

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      2. tobias c. van Veen‏ @fugitivephilo 4 May 2018
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        I love this list. Avocados?

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 4 May 2018
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        Only started eating them regularly at age 40. Now I eat 0.5 🥑every day.

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      2. MOURNING CROW PUNISHER Derek‏ @PereGrimmer 4 May 2018
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        I'm way ahead of you on NRx --- REALLY wish I had been ahead of you on crypto, particularly as I didn't find Moldbug convincing in his comment war with "Satoshi" (which was remarkable, as Yarvin is one of the best internet debaters alive).

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        Satoshi had a comment war with moldbug? Where? Link?

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      2. Amit Phansalkar‏ @asuph 4 May 2018
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        Dude, turmeric in milk, rally? you want to flaunt that :D

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      3. Amit Phansalkar‏ @asuph 4 May 2018
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        I bet you knew turmeric in milk before you knew what mainstream meant :D

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      1. #LegalizeGolf hashtag inventor  ⛳️ 🏌️‏ @Y2K_MINDSET 4 May 2018
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        I was probably one of the first 1000 people to play Minecraft in 2009. The IRC channel only had about 40 people in it

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      2. Noah Rosenberg‏ @nrose 4 May 2018
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        Kaffeost; Gulab Jamun in cocktail syrups; avant-garde merengue music; books that get written as you read them; T-shirts that button all the way down

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