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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

ok not to sound dramatic but I used to be kinda dumb and now I'm smarter than like 80% of people and I know when & how it happened & I think the same method would work for most people

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Aizazadi@Aizazadi_• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

@RichDecibels I sure hope this is a thread

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @Aizazadi_

@Aizazadi_ its always a thread with t his guy

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

for me it happened during the Occupy Movement. specifically, participating in lengthy deliberation, with skin in the game, for days on end

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

prior to the deliberative process, my ideas were just what my friends thought. ,y head was full of slogans. I had no interest in truth, I just believed things that seemed good to believe. I calibrated my inner compass from the people I looked up to and that was enough

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

https://t.co/oTXXNFI8CY

Guy HAS FINISHED WRITING THE BOOK (BETA)@nosilverv• about 2 years ago

Ok, so a thing that has been BLOWING MY MIND laterly is that people seem to process words first as signifiers, not content. That is, not "what do these words mean" but "what kind of person says these words" (!!!!!!)

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

deliberation was the 1st time my ideas had been tested by good faith disagreement, sustained debate, other people with different experiences & different beliefs, who were willing to stay with the discomfort of disagreeing, not immediately jumping to "OSTRACISE THE HERETIC!!"

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

that was humbling, because I learnt most of my beliefs were fake. but I gained a kind of intelligence that ~80% of people don't have, I learned to think for myself, I learned to distinguish fake beliefs from true ones

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

"thinking for myself" is not a solo pursuit, but a dynamic interactive testing between my subjectivity and yours. I learned to navigate the juicy space of intersubjectivity, where all the good stuff is

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

kinda awkward that so many ppl missed the point of the occupy movement: innovating on democratic processes can unlock extraordinary superhuman collective intelligence oops oh well

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

and the reason I'm confident this method can work for lots of people: I got evidence bishes https://t.co/NEIYt4mY0U

Ra is DJing at Cascade Camp 9-12 to 9-15@slimepriestess• about 2 years ago

tpot isn't a movement its a republic of letters. this is literally the only place on the internet I can actually have deep ideological disagreements with people that are still friendly and in good faith. THIS IS IMPORTANT LET ME HAVE THIS.

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Aleksi Liimatainen@aleksil79• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

@RichDecibels I'm impressed with the kinds of responses this thread summoned kinda proving your point by means of contrast

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @aleksil79

@aleksil79 I did a little demon summoning, as a treat https://t.co/NOcb8Fd1Fy

Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• almost 3 years ago

I've been using the metaphor of demon possession lately to describe culture war dynamics I'll try to explain...

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

PS all people with fake beliefs are welcome here, no shade

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

how to https://t.co/6oZhKRuqXF

Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

@BecomingCritter deleting the tribal affiliations from the claim; inhabiting the counter argument and finding what's good about it; triangulating between my perspective and what domain-specific trustworthy peers think about it; making speculative statements in public and listening to the echo...

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

what is deliberation https://t.co/ZIjlmGa9fs

Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

@shajedulkarim_ talk about something that you're personally invested in, with people who disagree with you, and who are willing to listen to each other, and collectively build consensus about it

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Michael Strong@flowidealism• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

@RichDecibels I’ve been leading Socratic conversations in k12 classrooms for 35 years. I definitely believe it increases intelligence (when done right). Here is an early experience that led to significant measurable gains. https://t.co/mu5WpXC3ok

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @flowidealism

@flowidealism awesome story, inspiring work, must be very fulfilling! thank you for sharing

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

here's a fascinating story illustrating what its like to introduce socratic conversations into a classroom https://t.co/pMjbv06n6M

Michael Strong@flowidealism• about 2 years ago

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

https://t.co/nTNV9JkppF

Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

@pablomuralo here's a podcast where I talk about Occupy in terms of collective intelligence (the interviewer was also involved in the movement) https://t.co/CuwLhWwneT

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

https://t.co/BQ9g6M0wBu

Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

@pablomuralo here's an article about the deliberative method I learned at Occupy, and the software we built to support it https://t.co/1cldaOGpsr

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Johnson (TC House Lisbon -Dec)@justavagrant_• over 1 year ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

@RichDecibels this feels like part of what i did with my mom, tho just in a 1:1 context https://t.co/I6e7WMq4mT

Johnson (TC House Lisbon -Dec)@justavagrant_• over 2 years ago

I’ve become a lot more skeptical of my judgments about other people, I think in large part from having been very sure about my mom for 30 years and having been wrong. If my judgments of someone I know so well were inaccurate, how could i be sure of my judgments of anyone?

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james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

@RichDecibels Even mine? 🥹

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Fun Pilgrim@tasshinfogleman• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

@RichDecibels 😳 this tweet has no business being so erotic 🥵

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Fun Pilgrim@tasshinfogleman• about 2 years ago

Replying to @tasshinfogleman

@RichDecibels 😂❤️

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Ra is DJing at Cascade Camp 9-12 to 9-15@slimepriestess• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

@RichDecibels bless

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Pepijn is going to treeweek 2@pepijndevos• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

@RichDecibels Leveled up your kegan stage eh?

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @pepijndevos

@pepijndevos shhh dont tell anyone

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Shajedul Karim@shajedulkarim_• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

@RichDecibels i want to learn more about this please

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @shajedulkarim_

@shajedulkarim_ err did you see I wrote a thread about it sir

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Jakob Hetland@jjjjjjakob• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

@RichDecibels Surely most people deliberate on their ideas/opinions right? Are you saying that 80% of people just mindlessly repeat what other people say? If it’s true, how can I know if I’m also doing that?

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @jjjjjjakob

@jjjjjjakob 😬

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Titus@71tu5• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

@RichDecibels 100% of people think they are smarter than the majority.

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @71tu5

@71tu5 dang I shoulda thought of that

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Raster Eyes@RasterEyes_• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RichDecibels

@RichDecibels https://t.co/JIjv6F5pZ5

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 2 years ago

Replying to @RasterEyes_

@RasterEyes_ 😍

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