Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
This diagram based on How to Disagree was what made me mostly tune out Paul Graham. Ironically, people’s filters are actually a solid basis for tuning your own. This is a filter model for the powerful-but-overwhelmed pretending to be a reasonable discourse model for truth-seeking. A consent manufacturing funnel that eventually ossifies into a reality distortion field and then decays into a charismatic epistemology (see linked thread). I rarely descend to the lower levels, but consider a dash of name-calling a reliable indicator of a real signal. But I don’t care enough to actively disagree with people who feel the need for unilateral rules of engagement. And to be fair, once someone has installed such a filter, I’m not a particularly useful person to talk to for them either. So no loss. But yeah, this is why I give the “civil debate” crowd a wide berth. I’m a fairly civil person but have never had a useful “civil debate” in my life. https://x.com/vgr/status/1421268674313220102
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Big difference between shared history of engagement with name-calling vs. initial interaction
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Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
Trying to PG Level 4 it huh 🧐 Your response is only level 1 on my own undocumented hierarchy. Which is entirely arbitrary and capricious and changes everyday.
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
I’m fine with arbitrary and capricious if I like the person. :)
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