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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“When someone you love goes quiet or keeps complaining, how do you tell if they need space, need to be heard, or need you to say something first?”
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It feels like not a coincidence that the thread about media bias has by far the most activity. A couple ways I can think to interpret this are: UpTrust is a project that’s quite centrally about addressing this issue as a facet of the bigger problem of global meaning making, and... - annabeth...
There are a few ways I’m orienting to this. For a long time I listened to NPR every day and got huge emotional surges around every new piece of political info. For the past 5-7 years I am either in a correction or overcorrection.... Sharing controversial take can actually lead to a better world
Most of social media today rewards bold claims—but not the process of refining them. The more you double down, the more attention you get. But I want a world where people can share strong opinions in order to refine them, not just defend them.... - goldie...
Uptrusting as Oral Culture
Interesting to explore UpTrust w/ the frame that it's more of an "oral culture" than a "written culture", where it has more of a riff and jazz kind of energy than other internet community sites that I frequent.... The meta problem of politics
Things are very complicated. But saying "Things are very complicated" doesn't sell half so well as saying "Things are quite simple actually." It's the same in sales and marketing. There's a principle in sales: "The confused mind says no." This is the source of a lot of problems.... - onWe have the option to see everything in your life as collaborative; we are scared to say this because we don't want to victim-blame but we're also scared of the possibilities and transcendence that opens upby
I love how you address the victim-blaming this can seem to be. The inner and outer are so entwined, as soon as I learn something about how I work it's immediately tempting to apply it to other people!... All witnesses know we made the call first. I feel validated.
Disasters as Political Fodder
Recently, a family member asked me if I knew about the LA fires. I said "yes, it's terrible". And they said "and they've proven that the fires were started by immigrants." I burst out laughing derisively and said "yes, if they'd just shoot all the immigrants, everything would... Some integral philosophy/analysis behind TreeView
Forums like Reddit and Facebook are essentially "Orange" interaction paradigms—there's a static "original post" and a fixed hierarchy. Some benefits of this are that you get some sense of coherence to a conversation, and if you're ten layers deep in replies, you can quickly... Open Question Oct 14: What’s changed your mind? And what was it like?
For six weeks we’ve gone for the contested stuff: a shadowy cabal, immigration, abortion, guns, voting, DEI. Many of you showed up with strong, thoughtful views. Some think these conversations are pointless because nobody changes their mind.... The coolest of the charts come from this org: https://www.moreincommon.com/our-work/publications/
I've emailed them to connect! We'll see if they respond.
One piece of wisdom I got from facilitator Diane Hamilton was "yes increases group cohesion, no increases group energy" – that’s a paraphrase. I think that desire for energy in the debate drives the kind of questions asked, and makes these kinds of questions, as much as I would... - dave...
If Bob/Dylan/Gary got the same notes at the same time as you did, I’m sure they could do with hearing it as well!
- dave...
I read the parent post through the lens of the good-faith-assumption that Dara knows Google exists and is posting here for her own reasons. I could take some guesses about those reasons, but they don't matter too much to me right now.... - annabeth...
Nope, still AWOL. But I’ve consistently looked at my desire to do the "Is everything ok?" text or call, and each time didn’t find the true desire to reconnect. I actually have a pretty funny theory of what happened.... - renee...
Yeah, I agree the energy behind the words matters more. That’s an interesting thing your teacher said. Thinking of a kid that trips and falls. A mom might rush over in a panic, her anxiety amplifying the situation.... Uptrusted: I like how you inhabit the dilemma with so much horizontal viewing. I think I have questions: -Do you resonate as a victim of the existence of the Drama Triangle?... It's not always best to tell the truth
Truth is tricky to define, and often people use a black-and-white definition to avoid taking responsibility for impact. But those kinds of truths rarely land well.... - Fooljeff...
The fullest truth takes into account the person receivin' it. That don't make it watered down, it makes it complete. It's recognizin' that truth exists between people, not floatin' out in the fuckin' ether waitin' to be grabbed. I've seen men die over truths delivered poorly....