Post AtYMML4vSOFfxg7SaG by interfluidity@zirk.us
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 (DIR) Post #AtYBWp19tp2oDU9ZSq by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2025-04-28T12:57:37Z
       
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       andreeson used to chat widely, than he blocked anyone who might say anything he might find uncomfortable to hear. in retrospect that has proven consequential.
       
 (DIR) Post #AtYLzbFTAet9S4CyGG by eARCwelder@mastodon.social
       2025-04-28T14:54:54Z
       
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       @interfluidity I didn’t follow him on X but I recall an episode that broke through, in which he and Benedict Evans took a pro-British Raj/pro-colonialism position. He apologized at the time but it’s clear now that his reactionary turn was accelerating.
       
 (DIR) Post #AtYMML4vSOFfxg7SaG by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2025-04-28T14:59:02Z
       
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       @eARCwelder i think that was a key moment in his devolution. he was forced to abjectly (insincerely) apologize. i think he might have resigned from some boards. i think he tremendously resented that he could not play with loose historical musings in public, to him that was “censorship”. (i don’t think it’s because at the time he was so attached to the thesis, he felt it out-of-bounds to be told not just “you’re wrong” but “you’re bad” and even face professional consequences.)
       
 (DIR) Post #AtYeqTLD6Dt1RyFqZE by stevenbodzin@thepit.social
       2025-04-28T18:26:08Z
       
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       @interfluidity among the many, many remarkable things about the book Careless People is the clear outline of how tech guys change over time. In the case of Zuck, being blamed for the US 2016 election was a turning point. These guys don't like to admit they have power, so of course they don't want to accept responsibility.