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1. Eugen (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Aug-2018 20:14:44 EDT Eugen

   There's these studies about how once you commit to an opinion in front of someone you're less willing to back down from it even in the face of new insights; and online in 2018 has this culture where people rush to comment on everything that happens as fast as possible, you know? Is that a good combination?

   1. 💙Charles ☭ Hutchins❤ (celesteh@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Aug-2018 20:30:11 EDT 💙Charles ☭ Hutchins❤

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      @Gargron In his book, _On Bullshit_, Frankfurt talks about something called 'bull sessions', where people try out new ideas and argue things in front of friends and colleagues as a way of auditioning ideas - absent commitment.

      I'd kind of thought that labelling something a 'hot take' was a way or partially disclaiming the idea while trying it on, like a bull session.

      For me, this is part of working out and clarifying my thoughts.

      Others may approach this differently, of course.