I actually just got back from exercising. While I was there, I noticed I’d built up an anticipation of pain from keeping going. Now, I do want to keep going longer than I did today. But I also want that part of my mind to feel it can have control/agency over my choices, so I happily wrapped up after ~30 mins, and walked home. Next time I’ll probably feel more comfortable going longer.
But anyway, I’m not seeing the analogy. (Also it’s hard to argue with analogies, I find myself getting lost in hypotheticals all day.)
I don’t respect Twitter anywhere near as much as I respect the part of me that is resistant to physical pain. The relevant part of me that fears physical pain feels like a much more respectable negotiation partner; it cares about something I roughly see as valuable, and I expect I can get it what it wants whilst also getting what I care about (as much physical ease and movement as I desire).
I have a great disrespect for Twitter; it wants to eat all of my thoughts and ideas for its content-creation machine and transform them into their most misinterpreted form, and in return will give me a lot of attention. I care little about attention on the current margin and care a lot about not having to optimize against the forces of misinterpretation.
I’d be interested in reading an argument about how Twitter plays a useful role in civilizational cognition, with the hypothesis to beat being “it’s a mess of symbols and simulacra that is primarily (and almost solely) a force for distraction and destruction”.
I’m not suggesting you remove it from your map of the world, it’s a very key part in understanding various bits of degeneration and adversarial forces. I’m suggesting that giving the arguments and positions that rise there much object-level consideration is a grave distraction, and caring about what people say about you there is kind of gross.
I actually just got back from exercising. While I was there, I noticed I’d built up an anticipation of pain from keeping going. Now, I do want to keep going longer than I did today. But I also want that part of my mind to feel it can have control/agency over my choices, so I happily wrapped up after ~30 mins, and walked home. Next time I’ll probably feel more comfortable going longer.
But anyway, I’m not seeing the analogy. (Also it’s hard to argue with analogies, I find myself getting lost in hypotheticals all day.)
I don’t respect Twitter anywhere near as much as I respect the part of me that is resistant to physical pain. The relevant part of me that fears physical pain feels like a much more respectable negotiation partner; it cares about something I roughly see as valuable, and I expect I can get it what it wants whilst also getting what I care about (as much physical ease and movement as I desire).
I have a great disrespect for Twitter; it wants to eat all of my thoughts and ideas for its content-creation machine and transform them into their most misinterpreted form, and in return will give me a lot of attention. I care little about attention on the current margin and care a lot about not having to optimize against the forces of misinterpretation.
I’d be interested in reading an argument about how Twitter plays a useful role in civilizational cognition, with the hypothesis to beat being “it’s a mess of symbols and simulacra that is primarily (and almost solely) a force for distraction and destruction”.
I’m not suggesting you remove it from your map of the world, it’s a very key part in understanding various bits of degeneration and adversarial forces. I’m suggesting that giving the arguments and positions that rise there much object-level consideration is a grave distraction, and caring about what people say about you there is kind of gross.