Great post! It’s very cool that you self-demonstrated “how to not do it” in parts 3 and 4. I think the post would be even better if you did this in all 7 parts.
This is a great suggestion. However I tried for a while and found it difficult. How does one display the opposite of contrarianism? In a virtue-of-silence kind of way, by believing (and sometimes stating) simple and boring truths when relevant. The very act of putting emphasis on this is to also make it contrarian (“I am so bold as to believe the obvious and good things”); I am reminded of Hitchens’ article on Salman Rushdie, which ends “And, complex though it all is, it has elements of simplicity too. One must side with Salman Rushdie not because he is an underdog but because there is no other side to be on.”
Great post! It’s very cool that you self-demonstrated “how to not do it” in parts 3 and 4. I think the post would be even better if you did this in all 7 parts.
This is a great suggestion. However I tried for a while and found it difficult. How does one display the opposite of contrarianism? In a virtue-of-silence kind of way, by believing (and sometimes stating) simple and boring truths when relevant. The very act of putting emphasis on this is to also make it contrarian (“I am so bold as to believe the obvious and good things”); I am reminded of Hitchens’ article on Salman Rushdie, which ends “And, complex though it all is, it has elements of simplicity too. One must side with Salman Rushdie not because he is an underdog but because there is no other side to be on.”
Open to hearing recommendations!