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vs.
"this is what I think, oh are you listening? have something to say? you better else scurry off"
There's a great bit of the later as well.
Bruce also is more of a loony, that discourages participation as he's hardly matched.
I think the only word that suffices is genius
Bruce Charlton is a bona fide genius
and like the great geniuses of the west of a not-so-old time
Yes, people are humbled, acting humbled(shutting up and not commenting).
a polymath, a man of great learning
he says "crazy" things often
and other people respond with
"haha, that's crazy"
not realizing he has already thought it out their way
it's amusing to watch
somewhat frustrating
Did the latest post come off as a bit sudden to you?
no
not at all
has slowly been building to it
I don't think this break is anything but temporary
but this isn't the last we will hear from him, we live in interesting times, things are changing
there is a spiritual change in the air
that people deeply feel, but cannot really express
people did not just get "sick of the way things are" in so many words
to spur something like Brexit
I mean, they did get sick of it
Sometimes, I wish to live as a ghost, and see things get a hundred times worse
but what that means is a lot more than what is realized
I'm curious how far things can be taken
you can already do that in a way
in a sense
by actually absorbing how bad things are now
it will feel a hundred times worse or a thousand times worse than your previous apathy
and simulate that experience thusly
it still stuns me how I didnt have to learn anything
nothing had to change, just my attitude
It's not so bad that this appreciation could be reached without such practices.
I don't think that always could be the case.
that's sort of the point