Two threads I want to explore when I get a chance.

1) The attention economy, and how we need to retrain ourselves to give full attention to things, especially the people we connect with on this small platform of like-minded people.

2) "The Tyranny of Words", how concerted effort has been made to reframe language and make it impossible to agree around those topics. (ex. Define "freedom", "democracy", "rights")

[Kind of a note to self, but I welcome thoughts from others on these topics, if it sparks an idea]

The Tyranny of Words

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