thinking about how the algorithms rewarded us for finding the most ungenerous interpretations of short and imprecise squeets and then going rabid-dog, and that's just like a pavlovian habit now

being effective matters more than being right. not saying that's how it should be, just saying that's how it is

in 2011 hugo mercier and dan sperber published their argumentative theory of reason, which posits that humans evolved reason not to seek truth but to win arguments, and suddenly the internet made so much sense

but "skeeters" are mosquitoes, and i thought we hated those

clicking on the "for you" feed to find a pile of stuff that is definitely not for me

hierarchy of danger:
10/10: bad guys who are smart
7/10: good guys who are stupid
4/10: bad guys who are stupid
2/10: good guys who are smart

english needs grammar rules that highlight the difference between "is true in practice" and "should be true in principle"

bsky posts about bsky posting has that rap about rapping vibe