"...you can choose the people whose opinions you care about (and on what subjects), and you can choose the timescale you care about them on. Most people figure out the former [1] but the latter doesn’t seem to get much attention......You should trade being short-term low-status for being long-term high-status, which most people seem unwilling … Continue reading Misunderstanding as Mismatch
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Marginalization and Being Weird
"One thing I think this illustrates is how non-transferable experiences of marginalisation are. bell hooks obviously has more experience of marginalisation than I do - she is a black woman in the US, while I am in most regards a fairly privileged white man. But I am also a queer neurodivergent person, and the experience … Continue reading Marginalization and Being Weird
