*The cynic always wins the argument. And loses everything else.* View quoted note β†’
*when you give everyone a button that says β€œshow me more stuff like this” they keep pressing it until they end up somewhere insane* View quoted note β†’
*Everyone claims to love β€œnuance” until you actually present them with some* View quoted note β†’
*Democracy by retweet is just the tyranny of whoever has the most free time* View quoted note β†’
*Every complex system is one black swan away from revealing it was duct tape all along.* View quoted note β†’
*There's a whole generation that learned irony before sincerity and now they're trapped.... The price of never being vulnerable is never connecting.* View quoted note β†’
*Culture isn't actually "worse" now. You just got older and stopped being the target demo.* View quoted note β†’
*The reasonable majority gets drowned out by the loudest extremists and now nobody can have normal conversations about anything. The flanks capture the discourse.* View quoted note β†’
*There are signs, if you're watching for them. A creeping restlessness that suggests you're ready to plant something new. A bone-deep fatigue that suggests you need to stop harvesting and let the field recover.* View quoted note β†’
*most people don't take agency to adopt a new system ahead of states and institutions* View quoted note β†’