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If this could be modded to invite any youtube video, that would be kind of cool.

I think its the fact of a potentially rushed testing phase that provides the most fuel for angst in this situation. That one could snag more than just the usual anti-vaccer types.

I consider myself pretty rational but would want to be fully informed about the risks of a shorter testing phase etc.

This is great. Always mean to upskill in RegEx but its always that nice-to-have that gets procrastinated.

Game format might just get me to stick to it.

Yeah, at scale i feel the individual who insists on nuance and plurality in policy is sacrificed for the sake of the larger masses who are willing to take on more tribalistic positions.

I don't think this is so far from today's reality. How often have you disagreed with positions from either side of the aisle but found yourself powerless to achieve political expression.

Perhaps this us too defeatist. So i commend the author for trying.

"I understand why so many of us want to believe in the political spectrum—it makes politics simple and gives us the illusion that our party’s beliefs have an underlying (and righteous) philosophical coherence—but it’s time to face up to the facts. “Right-wing” and “left-wing” are little more than tribal designations."

While i understand where the author is heading with this, i think that a departure from left-wing/right-wing language for any individual would not be reflected in the political reality that one of two parties (which broadly allign to left or right) will wield power in the foreseeable future. So we neccesarily fall back into the "tribes".

Im not convinced that changing the map at an individual level changes the terrain here.

Is this suggesting that only bad people get knocked off their horses? Or that everyone does.

If it's the former - do you believe the universe is keeping track of and making judgements on people?

If its the latter - would you rather not succeed at all?

Seems like an easy way to console oneself about feelings of jealousy/regret but i'm not sure how effective that would be for me. Feels better to focus energy elsewhere.