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Destigmatize being dumb

Being smart is good. Feeling shame around it makes us dumber.

Oct 20 •

Blue tribe is starting to win by adopting the best of conservative values

This is very good news, for both the left and the right

Nov 12 •

Can we use Twitter Radar to empirically study & predict culture?

It's pretty cool, but it doesn't have the granularity I hoped for

Nov 10 •

Criticizing your own tribe is how you win

Your enemies will not take your feedback, because they don't trust you, but your friends will listen to you

Nov 4 •

It's rude to ask for cognitive labor before establishing trust

Anatomy of an Internet Argument #3

Nov 1 •

How to build culture tech

You can implement things in hardware, in software, or in culture

Oct 26 •

Going Viral for a Bird Science Tweet : A Post-Mortem

Why I think this post went viral, what I learned, plus some stats

Oct 17 •

Hating your enemy is a loser's strategy

400 words, 2 minute reading time

Oct 7 •

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