We're Living In Post-nuance Online

My Ideal World Was The Early Days Of Twitter, Where Everyone Was Curious About Each Other And Everyone Saw It As Kind Of A Window Into People's Lives Where We Could Be Compassionate And Curious And Empathetic And We Could Tell Each Other Secrets.

My Worryingly Paradoxical Thought Process Could Be Summarized Thus: Thank God I Don't Believe In The Secret Rulers Of The World. Imagine What The Secret Rulers Of The World Might Do To Me If I Did!

We Want To See Ourselves As Curious And Open-minded And Smart And Understanding Things In Terms Of Context And Nuance, But When Someone Tries To Do That In The Midst Of A Shaming They're Turned On.

Most Goat-related Military Activity Is Still Highly Classified.

But On The Extremist Side I Didn't Get Any Rejections At All. Everyone Agreed To Talk To Me.