@tasshinfogleman “Whereas some brahmans [..] are addicted to talking about lowly topics such as these — talking about kings, robbers, ministers of state; armies, alarms, and battles; food and drink; clothing, furniture, garlands, and scents; relatives; vehicles;
@tasshinfogleman villages, towns, cities, the countryside; women and heroes; the gossip of the street and the well; tales of the dead; tales of diversity [philosophical discussions of the past and future], the creation of the world and of the sea, and talk of whether things exist or not"
@tasshinfogleman 😅😅😅 what will become of Twitter Discourse without NYC vs SF vs rural beauty ... whether or not ASI exists and if so will kill everyone ... Elon our king ... etc
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Reply · Nov 16, 2022@samswoora See this is an underrated argument in favor of Current Thing- gives us all a common topic when we’re not feeling particularly interesting…Reply · Oct 20, 2024@RealSelimShady yeah haha i totally agree, money SHOULD be super boring & uneventful so we focus on the real stuff insteadRepost · Oct 25, 2023RT @nickcammarata: I’m long small villages and tribes, because it’s what we’re built for. They’re just hard to coordinate todayTweet · Aug 17, 2026we should relegate more perennial discourse topics to the limbo of badly posed questions