I was like "wtf? that's dialectics?" reading that third quote.
That third point is a great expansion on the idea of the voice of reason. Like Will argued recently, you don't always need the VoR, especially a bad one.
But some contrast makes the idea pop more. Like, in a peas-in-a-pod scene you can communicate that the world in not fond of your shared behavior/opinion, thus providing contrast without a direct pushback.
I'm gonna definitely use this concept. Great essay, John.
I was like "wtf? that's dialectics?" reading that third quote.
That third point is a great expansion on the idea of the voice of reason. Like Will argued recently, you don't always need the VoR, especially a bad one.
But some contrast makes the idea pop more. Like, in a peas-in-a-pod scene you can communicate that the world in not fond of your shared behavior/opinion, thus providing contrast without a direct pushback.
I'm gonna definitely use this concept. Great essay, John.