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Finite & Infinite Games changed my life. I also never read it. I just heard two lines about
“Finite games are played to win. Infinite game are played to continue the game.”
and the words 1-player game vs 2-player game (not even the definitions)
That’s it. https://twitter.com/TurboRational/status/1333881465625460736
“Finite games are played to win. Infinite game are played to continue the game.”
and the words 1-player game vs 2-player game (not even the definitions)
That’s it. https://twitter.com/TurboRational/status/1333881465625460736
It legitimately sparked the second big awakening I had, around engaging with other people.
It was a 1-player game.
Holy fuck. https://twitter.com/AskYatharth/status/1326839826851786752?s=19
It was a 1-player game.
Holy fuck. https://twitter.com/AskYatharth/status/1326839826851786752?s=19
From then on, I became much more bold, much less victim-like, and far more ruthlessly kind with everyone I meet. https://twitter.com/AskYatharth/status/1327560464411320320?s=19
I get that Chapman (and many of you) probably got annoyed at the shoddy generalisations, the pretension to intellectuality, and drivel repetitiousness over the course of the book.
Trust me, I get it. I hated Malcolm Gladwell with a passion too. https://twitter.com/Meaningness/status/1333828050568376322?s=19
Trust me, I get it. I hated Malcolm Gladwell with a passion too. https://twitter.com/Meaningness/status/1333828050568376322?s=19
I wonder if this is a shadow
We *know* smart people with shitty epistemics are going to love and adore all over this book in ways that are just WRONG!N
It's like being one of the early fans of a cool cult / band / scene, and then watching the normies come in in utter dismay
We *know* smart people with shitty epistemics are going to love and adore all over this book in ways that are just WRONG!N
It's like being one of the early fans of a cool cult / band / scene, and then watching the normies come in in utter dismay
as they proceed to completely like the the thing YOU LIKE, but all WRONG
I get it. These people like the most terrible parts about your thing, don't get the subtle cool bits, and make it like any other
https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths
I get it. These people like the most terrible parts about your thing, don't get the subtle cool bits, and make it like any other
https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths
It feels like poison
There was something genuinely transformatory, deeply meaningful here
It didn’t have to be generalised into something so fake and confusingly untruthful
But these authors did, and all that’s left is
There was something genuinely transformatory, deeply meaningful here
It didn’t have to be generalised into something so fake and confusingly untruthful
But these authors did, and all that’s left is
- ppl excited about Cool Thing, but in a way that feels shitty to endorse
- people who’ll now dismiss actually Cool Thing because of bad epistemics
The authors took sth cool we were excited about and made it into sth we no longer could feel proud about
That feels awful
- people who’ll now dismiss actually Cool Thing because of bad epistemics
The authors took sth cool we were excited about and made it into sth we no longer could feel proud about
That feels awful
With Gladwell, I watched as one-by-one, my mom, my friends, my school principal, they all read him, loved him, and got it all wrong
They liked his horrible conclusions
I felt helpless. I didn’t kno how to compete in a world where bad memes overran the truth
They liked his horrible conclusions
I felt helpless. I didn’t kno how to compete in a world where bad memes overran the truth
(really outing my post-rat trauma here, amn’t I)
Look, I’m not one to cry about dead scenes
It’s fine, it’s the way of the world, it’s what people actually want, be resilient and anti-fragile, a million sparkling evolving scenes
It’s fine, it’s the way of the world, it’s what people actually want, be resilient and anti-fragile, a million sparkling evolving scenes
But god, can we use this chance, not to shit on Gladwell & Carse and instead use it as an chance to teach people some fantastic epistemics on how to relate to what they’re reading?
Look at this absolute masterpiece from @visakanv https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1308808324024905729?s=19
Look at this absolute masterpiece from @visakanv https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1308808324024905729?s=19
Visa makes people feel good all the way around
The lay readers feel good because they feel truly “helped”
The geeks feel good because it recognises the value to be found, while being very clear on the subtleties
Visa feels good because he’s actually damn helping people
The lay readers feel good because they feel truly “helped”
The geeks feel good because it recognises the value to be found, while being very clear on the subtleties
Visa feels good because he’s actually damn helping people
It works so much better than dissing on a book
Lay people feel judged, and frankly invalidated in their genuinely cool experience of the book
Geeks feel helpless, they know they’re fighting a losing battle
Poster feels bad because it’s a judgy thing to sayand dismisses authors
Lay people feel judged, and frankly invalidated in their genuinely cool experience of the book
Geeks feel helpless, they know they’re fighting a losing battle
Poster feels bad because it’s a judgy thing to sayand dismisses authors
“Helped”in the same way Christopher Alexander would have understood it
Not just “provided a piece of information theoretically useful” https://twitter.com/AskYatharth/status/1333907135751708678?s=19
Not just “provided a piece of information theoretically useful” https://twitter.com/AskYatharth/status/1333907135751708678?s=19
None of this is a diss on Chapman
He recognised as much the futility of denouncing bad books
I deeply respect his more nuanced takes on nebulosity
He recognised as much the futility of denouncing bad books
I deeply respect his more nuanced takes on nebulosity
Consider it instead an elevation of Visa
Appreciating how instead of denouncing the epistemic flaws of a book, our objectives are better accomplished simply instructing people, “hey, here’s a good way to relate to this book”
Thanks Visa
FIN
Appreciating how instead of denouncing the epistemic flaws of a book, our objectives are better accomplished simply instructing people, “hey, here’s a good way to relate to this book”
Thanks Visa
FIN
