shortform video has some epistemic benefits. you get a chance to see the body language and emotional affect of people, which transfers much more information and makes it harder to just flat out lie.
more importantly, everpresent access to twitter allows me to quickly iterate on my ideas and get instant feedback on every insane thought that flows through my head. this is not a path i recommend for most people. but it is the path i’ve chosen.
I might separately criticize shortform video and twitter (sure, they definitely have benefits, I just think they also have major costs, and if we can alleviate the costs we should. This doesn’t have to mean banning shortform and twitter).
But, I think that’s (mostly) a different topic that the OP.
The question here is not “is it good you can post on twitter?”, it’s “is it good you can post on the version of twitter that was brought into being by “most people using small-screens.” (or, more accurately: is it good that we’re in the world where small-screen twitter is a dominant force shaping humanity, as opposed to an ecosystem where less-small-screen-oriented social media app is more dominant)
shortform video has some epistemic benefits. you get a chance to see the body language and emotional affect of people, which transfers much more information and makes it harder to just flat out lie.
more importantly, everpresent access to twitter allows me to quickly iterate on my ideas and get instant feedback on every insane thought that flows through my head. this is not a path i recommend for most people. but it is the path i’ve chosen.
I might separately criticize shortform video and twitter (sure, they definitely have benefits, I just think they also have major costs, and if we can alleviate the costs we should. This doesn’t have to mean banning shortform and twitter).
But, I think that’s (mostly) a different topic that the OP.
The question here is not “is it good you can post on twitter?”, it’s “is it good you can post on the version of twitter that was brought into being by “most people using small-screens.” (or, more accurately: is it good that we’re in the world where small-screen twitter is a dominant force shaping humanity, as opposed to an ecosystem where less-small-screen-oriented social media app is more dominant)