American imagination needs an adrenaline shot.

Openness over cynicism. Social psychologists have long found that people who are critical and cynical are perceived to be more intelligent. They impress their peers by announcing why something won’t work. But scientists have also shown that this perception is dead wrong — the cynical genius illusion, it’s called. The more accurate predictor of intelligence and achievement is the trait of openness — being receptive to new experiences and ideas. Cynicism is easy but hollow; openness is difficult but rich.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/29/daniel-pink-why-not-column/
 
The humans here would be utterly amazed at meeting me in the real world


I am a fount of acceptance and openness


This writer has great points to make


I came here believing I could change peoples perspective with open discussion and truck loads of kindness and understanding


Then I realized what we are actually fighting on the internets in reality



Those we fight here that promote the right of this nation are the full on enemy


It is a foreign disinformation cabal from a few evil nations in the world run by despotic dictators



No amount of nice fights that brand of evil
 
One of the major differences between philosophers and the general public is that most people find it extremely difficult to discuss any controversial moral or political issue without getting upset. Philosophers, on the other hand, typically draw a distinction between entertaining a proposition and affirming it, and so assume that one should be able to debate various questions in a hypothetical register, without triggering any of the emotional reactions that might be appropriate if one actually held them.

https://josephheath.substack.com/p/why-philosophers-should-worry-about
 
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