you don’t know me
yesterday around half past 10pm, i took a break from a rebuild of atlas (more on this in a future post) to have a late dinner and received a dm from a friend who was sharing a humorous tweet that referenced me and my articulation. apparently, the tweet had gathered significant engagement which explained the fresh influx of followers and reactions on a thought i had shared earlier in the day.
a friend had shared some obliviously self-dishonoring perspective she came across on her timeline and was flummoxed. i remarked that there’s probably a straightforward explanation, saying i think because people can now have their foolish thoughts expressed with poise (thanks to a proliferation of large language models), those who previously perceived such articulations as being well reasoned will undoubtedly think it’s worthy of sharing. a few minutes later, i posted a version of my reply to my...