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infinite bad https://t.co/5vA2pcoP0v
when you broadcast this INFINITE BAD signal in your lengthy corpus of online writing you are, in a very specific way, screaming at the top of your lungs, and it attracts people who also feel like something that happened to them was INFINITELY BAD https://t.co/k7kNRdU2t1
a bunch of nerds got together, wanted to make things better, and they attracted other nerds, vulnerable and coping, but nevertheless, committed, to actually doing it they are the the nerds who went ahead & did it. gave away 90% of their salaries, looked into making things better
related: is the aversion to pain as a concept a deeply midwit reaction? yes. but sometimes midwits change the world. i can't always say for the better, but they do change it, so we best pay attention https://t.co/twcARaG1oN https://t.co/W9flh5MXsP
@AskYatharth idk about suppressing? like, interacting with EA stuff a lot of the time feels like it requires actually sitting with the grief since that is the motivator to actually do something about it.