I myself wonder what I am doing on that platform. The reality is people I actually enjoy talking to are mostly online. I have little to nothing in common with anyone in my city, and I live in a big one. Most of my time is spent in group chats. Twitter also allowed me to discover books and ideas I would've never been exposed to otherwise, though this was largely in 2021-2022-2023; I'm glad I caught the tail end. I reserve most effort posting for this cursed site, and still occasionally effort post on twitter out of pure love of the game. It is possible to find good accounts and carve out niche audiences. I won't lie I really enjoy mocking slop posters and won't stop any time soon, but everyone must have one or two vices.
Unrelated but I am envious of how prolific you are in your blog posts.
The problem with siding with a faction on the basis of it being "high human capital" is that if too many people do this, then it eventually stops being anything more than mediocre human capital. There actually has to be some core truth which people gain something from believing in. Ironically, if you're willing to endorse what you think is true even if it's unpopular, then you should be able to keep endorsing it when it becomes popular (i.e. when it becomes vulgar)
there shouldn't be any difference between something being low status due to it being unpopular and rare, and something being low status due to it being popular and vulgar. Championing--low-status views because you believe in them--is one of the surest signs of honor.
I myself wonder what I am doing on that platform. The reality is people I actually enjoy talking to are mostly online. I have little to nothing in common with anyone in my city, and I live in a big one. Most of my time is spent in group chats. Twitter also allowed me to discover books and ideas I would've never been exposed to otherwise, though this was largely in 2021-2022-2023; I'm glad I caught the tail end. I reserve most effort posting for this cursed site, and still occasionally effort post on twitter out of pure love of the game. It is possible to find good accounts and carve out niche audiences. I won't lie I really enjoy mocking slop posters and won't stop any time soon, but everyone must have one or two vices.
Unrelated but I am envious of how prolific you are in your blog posts.
>Unrelated but I am envious of how prolific you are in your blog posts.
I appreciate your complement.
I don't appreciate your creative way of spelling "compliment" >:^(
The problem with siding with a faction on the basis of it being "high human capital" is that if too many people do this, then it eventually stops being anything more than mediocre human capital. There actually has to be some core truth which people gain something from believing in. Ironically, if you're willing to endorse what you think is true even if it's unpopular, then you should be able to keep endorsing it when it becomes popular (i.e. when it becomes vulgar)
there shouldn't be any difference between something being low status due to it being unpopular and rare, and something being low status due to it being popular and vulgar. Championing--low-status views because you believe in them--is one of the surest signs of honor.
I think it's better referred to as the “New Right"