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Welcome, friend, to my space on the twitterwebs. This is a pinned thread of my best tweets. https://t.co/eQFUr0sHtz
This was my previous pinned tweet for over a year. I actually feel kind of bad for replacing it, because my wife is hilarious and smart and legitimately my better half, and I'd like all my friends to know that https://t.co/GlLF8aRusy
People who complain about the absence of flying cars are amusingly fixated on personal mobility in physical meatspace. Physical distance is no longer the biggest limitation imposed upon us. Now it's information overload + supernormal stimuli. https://t.co/atTCEH7KPR
One of my many little obsessions is paying attention to the words and phrases that people use to make sense of the world. They can be very revealing. These are the metaphors we live by. (Think also about sports metaphors, war metaphors... ALL metaphors) https://t.co/MCa5ECYZNi
A thread about fashion in terms of signals and allusions of meaning https://t.co/pACvRuG4Hr
teaching myself to draw (mainly sharing this here to remind my future self to keep drawing) https://t.co/43eOILe02b
Thread about really beautiful guitar customization. this guy is an artist who Really Gets It, at least in the context of his work https://t.co/mFrcgdswiW
Hutchinson Guitar Concepts makes the most beautiful guitars in the world. Art. He works WITH the body of the instrument, not ON it. He respects negative space. Tempo. Rhythm. Pacing. Scale. Few artists appreciate the soul of their work this well. If he did tattoos I'd fly to him https://t.co/gPXmMVGqWl
Thread about what it's like to do SaaS content marketing, from first principles (kinda) https://t.co/0EtBUuVpkx
fairy tales should come with warning labels https://t.co/trGWCMnC5j
how young boys try (and fail) to be cool https://t.co/841Lr2sZaQ
on the nature of human games and meta-games https://t.co/5FL4P667BJ
the video games that mean a lot to me https://t.co/MJ0NThJpMq
developing a theory of Indian male excellence and attractiveness https://t.co/mGWVmHAvlq
my personal philosophy of tasteful tattoos (this is optimized for my own personal style; I'd approach different people's tattooing differently) https://t.co/Wc5FcUiFCT
merging several of my above-mentioned interests – my thoughts about south asian tattoos and cyberpunk https://t.co/ZQjgLUYJv3
Reflecting on the "innocent" sexism, homophobia and transphobia of my youth https://t.co/Zlbflnu0lk
articulating a healthy masculinity: a man should be sensitive, smart and strong he should use these skills to nurture and encourage others https://t.co/6aDtZ2VMHG
Related to the lemon problem in communication: https://t.co/4awLroIkbP
On the spatial origins of metaphors describing cognition https://t.co/najV7MgqlM
On the nature of clutter and boredom, being overwhelmed and feeling lost https://t.co/EpmJxy27og
I believe that artists should be inspired to work around censorship, and not be stifled into silence by it https://t.co/djoXsnpOYA
A thread of story ideas https://t.co/tEIPsPkPJg
On the changing metaphors of God, from mother and tree to sculptor and village headman, now chief simulation officer https://t.co/OIR6ILIxFv
anti-narcissism is boring. if you don't like what other people are doing, just find something you like and do that instead. don't whine about what other people are doing https://t.co/aq1RgJYJ1b
an old thread from when I was feeling empty, listless, lost, unfulfilled https://t.co/mREZSxrx4b
minimum viable personal development https://t.co/PGGQhIksya
different types of tone when writing on the web https://t.co/IwnXEjl0Pg
if technology helped to strengthen our relationships with one another https://t.co/dYnG92nKVh
the phrase 'echo chamber' is often used bluntly and dismissively; when in reality it is crucial to curate your information feeds https://t.co/aVG87ZOaPL
systemic imperfections in language and the media https://t.co/Gkljzm4K67
how the fame/celebrity machine crushes vulnerable humans https://t.co/heOS3LquDV
documentary ideas https://t.co/C1Av2QSLF1
why (I think) it takes men so long to believe women https://t.co/vP4nHcNXbF
different people experience completely different social realities that others may never know about https://t.co/3JdCKkTak4
list of things circulating today that will look ridiculous 50 years from now https://t.co/QtZkDAwPwf
more on how men misunderstand women https://t.co/HQ6yU0u7h5
a thread about teenagers, who probably will always have a soft spot in my heart https://t.co/gXLrlHj7bD
how a male-dominated, male-focused, male-directed, male-produced media leads to a systemic misunderstanding and erasure of women's lives in popular consciousness https://t.co/DuWK28FmxK
we should talk less about external events, and more about our feelings https://t.co/KSn9aguIbn
Aside – I've actually been thinking a lot lately about how often people discuss and argue about things like politics, government, education systems, etc at dinner parties, over drinks and so on. Grumpy old Singaporean men do this _a lot_. Probably grumpy old men everywhere https://t.co/pjIKYJtDpd
how to ask people for help https://t.co/QiOI96EABl
I've actually been thinking about this class of problem lately a lot on multiple fronts. 1. people are very bad at asking good questions in general 2. people are very bad at modelling other people's minds 3. as a consequence of 1 + 2, people are very bad at getting help https://t.co/3CwDk72mFX
On the social predicament of criticising toxic capitalism (and other social issues) https://t.co/L8wazTl8OY
Here's what I think I've been leaving out: polite company generally steers away from excessive scrutiny of power and capital. To be charitable, most of this might be because it makes sense for each individual to focus primarily on what they can directly control: themselves
List of my favorite people to follow on Twitter https://t.co/USwVmt5yvf
#followfriday 1. @juliagalef, who articulated a great idea called the "Straw Vulcan" – this oversimplified, tropey idea of rationality that's actually quite irrational: https://t.co/JCNMgkekNq She also a generally rigorous thinker + she once #ff'd me 100+ followers. Back at ya!
how to build relationships https://t.co/gVHNywf5Oe
Work I published in 2017 that I'm proud of https://t.co/CprRRsWy32
Work I've published in 2017 that I'm proud of, a thread. 1/ This post is a gift to my younger self on his first day of work. Every time I re-read it, I realize I still need to work on my fundamentals. Always will, of course. That's the point. https://t.co/4v1lUfFtOe
thread of ideas (mostly story ideas) https://t.co/OiQ8yr3AIV
Menworld https://t.co/8YqjGWRKy1
Many men grow up in Menworld, where you get bullied, mocked, beaten, threatened, etc for all sorts of minor transgressions (being too emotional, being wrong, etc). To those guys, those seem to be the rules of life; how the world works. The powerful take from the weak, etc
On my perfectionism and aversion to responsibility https://t.co/JFYbNsOmX7
Books I'm reading in 2018 https://t.co/p4UfH885vR
Thread of books I'm reading in 2018. Deciding that I'm going to focus on optimizing for "books started" (which is fun and interesting) rather than "books finished" (which for me has a sort of masochistic, completionist connotation I'd like to be free of).
My most viral thread yet is the one I put the least amount of effort and thought into – a list of examples of reality being boringly dystopian (pics from /r/aboringdystopia) https://t.co/TLAV7Zowi5
Thread of revealing attacks - exploring the landscape of insults via comparisons and associations https://t.co/cP15JpMtj2
Thread of lulz https://t.co/JErMnZ1LRL
the self viewed through a techno-shamanist lens https://t.co/tt5JsIq1d4
Language is an elaborate multiplayer game that we all participate in https://t.co/TBPQUFSCts