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Feb 8 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
We used to be a world. A proper world.

Olympics in St. Moritz, 1948
Olympic in Beijing, 2022
It’s the ugliness that’s so demoralizing.
More from St. Moritz, so cozy, beautiful, and hopeful, even in the aftermath of a brutal war.

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Feb 9
A primer for restoring sanity at the Pandemic’s end:

1. Someone reveals/asks for vax status:

“I’m sorry, that’s inappropriate. It’s been normalized to share private medical info but it isn’t normal or ethical. You can still get and spread Covid vaxxed, so it’s also irrelevant.”
2. A stranger says you wearing a mask would make them feel comfortable:

“The best studies show wearing a cloth mask is as effective as wearing no mask at all. There are lots of things you could do to make me more comfortable, but it’s not appropriate for me to demand it of you.”
3. Someone wants people to take a Covid test to attend a private event:

“I have no symptoms of illness. The rapid PCR tests weren’t designed for widespread asymptomatic testing so they’re not always accurate. Let’s return to common sense: stay home if you don’t feel well.”
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Dec 13, 2021
I have a theory that people who have spent a lot of time reading excellent fiction, narrative-based literature, epic poetry, etc and are also stronger in disagreeableness than empathy are the least susceptible to propaganda.

My (mostly intuitive) reasoning is thus:
The disagreeable vs empathetic part should be obvious. If you place a high value on “peace” and/or “unity” as defined by “getting along w/ the group,” you will be EXTREMELY uncomfortable when everyone else is saying “this sounds good” but you think it sounds crazy.
If you’re one who isn’t naturally disagreeable you’ll do almost anything to relieve the cognitive dissonance created by your internal questioning of everyone else’s perception of reality. If you’re empathetic you’ll also empathize w/ their fears, even if you aren’t afraid.
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Nov 12, 2021
Going to collect threads written by people who are becoming aware of how much the media lies while watching the KR trial. If you’ve seen a good one, drop it here.
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Nov 1, 2021
Private jets and long motorcades of SUVs to attend climate summits, anti-school choice while sending their kids to private schools, demanding diversity hires while keeping their positions of power as white people, mandating masks while going without, enforcing lockdowns while
continuing to party with their friends, suggesting you eat bugs while they eat steak, condemning your protest while applauding someone else’s riot, policing speech and thought while claiming tolerance, poisoning our kids’ minds and calling us terrorists for wanting to stop them,
hiding and distorting information while labeling any views they don’t like as misinformation, lying about biological reality and calling you hateful if you don’t go along, bragging about ‘fortifying’ elections while accusing others of assaulting democracy,
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Oct 30, 2021
On the whole, who’s done more damage throughout history?
You answered _____ and you consider yourself a _____ .
Clearly part of our problem is not enough people consider themselves dumb.
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Oct 20, 2021
Want to tell you guys a story.

When I was 12, my brother (15) went on a school field trip at a lake. No one saw what happened but my brother ended up under water for more than 10 minutes and when they found him he was dead. They spent ~30min resuscitating before he breathed.
At the hospital they gave little hope for survival. The odds were stacked too high - pneumonia from lake water in lungs, swelling of the brain, etc etc. Days turned to weeks that we were told every day to expect him to die.
He was transferred to a much bigger children’s hospital in the nearest big city. Top pediatric neurologist was flown in to evaluate: told my dad, “I’m 100% sure he won’t make it. Wouldn’t say this in front of him if I weren’t sure. The compassionate thing is to pull the plug.”
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