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Language itself is actually an infinite game of persuasion. it’s fashion and politics- we try on new words and try to make them happen; and whether they catch on or not depends on whether other people agree with our assessment that some configuration is particularly fetch https://t.co/TBPQUFSCts
My goal in life is to be a word artist-magician. Words are proxies for thoughts, and a master manipulator of words is a skilled navigator in the tumultuous ocean of meaning. Moana, but the ocean is the mind of humanity https://t.co/KY27aZUguA
I basically want to become a singaporean-indian cyberpunk remix of alan watts, elliott hulse, the rock, david ogilvy, liz gilbert, cheryl strayed, terry crews, george carlin, orwell, steve vai, mr. rogers, idris elba, carl sagan and pink, with a cool/badass lesbian aesthetic
@visakanv i mean i remember some quora answer about why modern music sucked and they were talking about how in the 80's the top chart didn't have what we know think of as the best of the time, so give it time, it shall be found by twitter historians if not before
@nosilverv yea this is why I'm so persistent about going through old material. less than 0.1% of people really appreciate REALLY good stuff when they see it, and they rarely appraise it properly. people tend to think in 1-10 scales. when a 100 or 1000 comes along, they call it a 10 & forget
@nosilverv this essay was a 1000. when I first tweeted it it had like 10 RTs. I have to periodically quote tweet it over and over again for years for more new people to recognize its value. if it's REALLY good, nobody will realize it https://t.co/E84GDVFDdo
My favorite essay of all time was written in 2011, and pretty much predicted the inevitability of today's culture wars (because it happened throughout history over and over again with the advent of each new piece of new media tech) https://t.co/iAmVULAp7Z https://t.co/m7qBdier6V
@nosilverv I quote tweet this every few months or something – it went ignored for 2 months https://t.co/KmwJirgrGg
@visakanv but also like looks at this https://t.co/Qb32HIG8Yr
@visakanv https://t.co/STSxMBWkIx
@nosilverv @visakanv Likely the latter has more *engaged* followers Looking solely at the bios: if the former is primarily a troll/shitpost/humor account, the audience would be interpreting everything through that lens. 👇 https://t.co/xmzCTTY02H
Sermonposting without shitposting gets you pedestalized, which is dehumanizing Shitpost too much and nobody takes you seriously, which is also kind of dehumanizing You can nerdpost forever quite happily, but it can be a lonely and frustrating experience The flow is the point https://t.co/HYsXv2Bhpc
@visakanv @nosilverv Most people don't have good taste it seems This one resonates strongly with me every time I see it (how had I not Like'd it yet?) Specifically, this is probably in my top-ten "I should restructure my life to try and be more like Visa in these areas" tweets
