I was an angry, anarchist punk taking mushrooms alone in the woods years ago.
-
-
I also failed. But my failure freed me. I eventually realized that the amount of time I spent obsessing over normative political questions was actually stupid for someone with very little actual power. I look at ideological dorks arguing online and I get it. I was once you.
Show this thread -
*But* - believe it or not - we would be better off finding ways to use our creative energies than politics. Have some principles you won't back down on, sure. Render unto Caesar, etc. But most of it is garbage. You are not shaping the Overton window, it is shaping you.
Show this thread -
The people for whom the questions I was struggling with might actually be relevant were not tortured normative theorists, but natural climbers who were building their resumes, running for student councils, etc. They play the game, and any high-falutin pontificating is posture.
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.