Someone is going to have the write the thing about how “vibe” has become a substitute for meaningful theory in a world where the theory is so clear — grift and power — but we collectively refuse if because it isn’t sophisticated enough to generate make work for empiricists.

There’s so much great stuff on YouTube now, too
youtu.be/LHAOgfMjVNI

it’s almost like a snakeskin

How much of it is different content choices in each medium?

I still think of podcasts as defective radio : ) but I think that's mostly just a function of less voice training and more rambling

Yeah, this was not a good call

This is not specific to Thompson, but I've noticed an accelerating Gladwellization process, with pundits like this being captured by their sources faster than ever. At this point, it's only a year or two between the first time I see their byline and the last time I click on it

I don't mind using commas for prosody, but in this case it seems a little forced either way. I'd probably just make it two sentences: "The effects on those who fought it and their loved ones at home were immeasurable." Then I'd delete that second sentence, which doesn't say much

Yeah it's all very blunt, smarter filtering seems like a pretty good AI use case

On letterboxd there's no mute function short of blocking, and I've had to block a few people to make the "popular reviews" useful

Yeah, this would help. For now I just mute them all forever; I feel like it's porous enough that if there's one I want to unmute, I will probably realize it