Paul FordDec 17, 2022
If it behooves you, instead of thinking any more about Twitter—hit us with some PDFs, some incomprehensible sociology, a fact about your town, some poetry no one cares about, political theory that will never land, obscure social history, climate links, math things, some tech so obscure 20 people use it. We want your inner noise. Just push the gas on your own ephemeralism and launch us into the future.
Show threadDag

@ftrain Political theory of mine is we ask the wrong questions and have wrong assumptions. Political journalists seem to assume that we all want the same end results, but have different methods of getting there.

This is simply not true, and we never ask for metrics. I would like our political debates to be what society would you like in 1 year, 5 years, 10 years. What concrete ideas do you have for taking us there. Then we measure for efficacy.

Dec 17, 2022 at 2:10pmWeb
Show threadZaini Dec 17, 2022
@3fecta @ftrain people do have different goals, and people don’t even really agree on what it means to be a singular country. If a person claims to be loyal to the USA, what is it they’re really saying? That’s what no one talks about.
Show threadDagDec 17, 2022
@Zaini @ftrain The "both sides" coverage distorts this though. Think healthcare, climate, tobacco, energy policy. Covering it as two reasonable sides with different ways is both factually incorrect and harmful. But the political reporter class persists with that nonsense. Lots of issues also have 6 reasonable sides, or only just one. Cover it that way.
Show threadMatt SDec 18, 2022
@ftrain @3fecta So true. Never thought of it quite that clearly. I have had the frustrating grudging sense that “they” have a very different paradise in mind.
Show threadBRBDec 18, 2022
@3fecta @ftrain I really think people can only make changes incrementally. Entrenched incumbents will prevent major overhauls. So political discourse focuses on single issue arguments. I wish your way of “working backwards” and metrics were real. That is how great products and companies succeed.