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May 20, 2021, 6 tweets

My pinned tweet is about that. You can read the comic essay it links as a deadly serious exploration of the deep structure of wicked problems:

.@vgr’s essay ends with what I’ve called “wizardry.” When you understand the inseparability of pattern and nebulosity, you can weave the flow of energy around and beneath islands of interpretability. Your effective action will appear incomprehensible. breakingsmart.substack.com/p/good-people-…

@vgr I’ve made this point in the context of Buddhist ethics… vividness.live/emptiness-form…

@vgr Uninterpretable wizardry in technical work… metarationality.com/introduction

@vgr We can bring the same magic to social conflict, I believe… vividness.live/developing-eth…

@vgr And conjure into being a better future for everyone meaningness.com/fluidity-desid…

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