Cheers, ok, but I couldn't locate a link between generation and
outlook that satisfied me. The essay is a nice blast of pop psychology
about "types of people", a worthy attack on political persecution,
rabid ideology and hive-minds, intolerance, and a weaker attack on the
idea of "performativeness" (so avoiding a frontal attack on "social
justice"). But in this way Graham divides "wokeness" from the virtues
of thoughtful system-theorists and original tech-optimists I
mentioned, bracketing out "woke" as mere despicables and rebels
without a cause. Any admirable social justice aims just evaporate in
this treatment. But isn't this what we're in now, just with a pendulum
swing? All the new-breed technofascists just want to "make the world a
better place", right?
Cheers, ok, but I couldn't locate a link between generation and outlook that satisfied me. The essay is a nice blast of pop psychology about "types of people", a worthy attack on political persecution, rabid ideology and hive-minds, intolerance, and a weaker attack on the idea of "performativeness" (so avoiding a frontal attack on "social justice"). But in this way Graham divides "wokeness" from the virtues of thoughtful system-theorists and original tech-optimists I mentioned, bracketing out "woke" as mere despicables and rebels without a cause. Any admirable social justice aims just evaporate in this treatment. But isn't this what we're in now, just with a pendulum swing? All the new-breed technofascists just want to "make the world a better place", right?
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