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Cofounder of the Ineffectual Dusk Web. Host of @Choralosophy Podcast #music #economics #philosophy #liberty
Oct 24, 2020 14 tweets 3 min read
Inspired by a conversation thread with @rasmansa and @ETVPod trying to drill down on a definition of "woke-ness" I think there are some issues at play here that both woke and anti-woke miss.

I prefer to find non-pejorative definitions of terms. A good faith attempt: I had put forth a definition that holds that "woke-ness" is the preference for social justice activism and/or worldview that stems from the various Critical Studies frameworks. But then we had to contend with the fact that for many, "Critical Theory" is now a pejorative itself.
Sep 2, 2018 14 tweets 3 min read
Thoughts on happiness, and teen suicide. Thread: I do not claim that this thread will contain the solution, or even one single causal factor. (There are many) However, suicide has impacted me greatly, and I work with teenagers every day, and these are some thoughts I have thunk. Truly happy people do not take their own lives. People can seem happy, but if they are suicidal, then what you are seeing is not happiness. Maybe some momentary fun or pleasure, but not real, lasting happiness. We must teach children how to achieve this. Being happy is not luck.