a theory of tpot (postrat twitter) - by xiq

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“postrationalist” twitter continuously refines old traditions with epistemic rigor and applies them to self-actualize

I found “my people” on twitter around 2018-2019. A loose group discussing Slate Star Codex and Ribbonfarm and Meaningness, and I thought they were sooo cool. Reading their tweets felt like drinking big gulps of insight and over time I relaxed into it and they became my real-life friends and conspirators. This scene has enriched my life so much that I can’t help but love it and seek to understand it - how come these people are so generative? A big part of why I started the Community Archive is that I wanted to do digital anthropology on it and needed the data. The Core Loop Remember when…

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