Thread by @visakanv

a more general version of this is always on my mind, the sheer variance in outcomes in all domains. some things work and some things don't, and it often seems like most people don't really care as long as it looks/feels like they're trying

https://twitter.com/markallanbovair/status/1542123981095915527

i feel like i return to this awareness/understanding periodically and then abandon it in part because there's something very antisocial about it. the more you come to terms with how things work, the more you disconnect yourself from mainstream social reality, which is alienating

and the information landscape around anything is always full of fake and contaminated bullshit because a tiny subset of bullshit artists can cheaply flood an entire landscape with their posturing. truth-seekers tend to be relatively quiet, isolated, weird lil freaks

the implications are staggering. i'd say that like, 90% of the time, I don't even like to think about it. and the final 10% of the time or so, is when I write my tweets, my blogposts, my books, everything. the stomach-churning realization that things can be different

what do, then? baby steps, I guess. don't let the grand visions freak you out. figure out one thing a time, help one person at a time. small dominos first, we can rest and regroup along the way