Tribal politics makes me cringe harder than anything else. It's impossible to even have a conversation with someone when they're speaking from that place. They're not open to hearing you, they just want to state their own "facts". I find those types of people to be painfully boring.
What a masterpiece! Applicable in many aspects of life where indoctrination or “that’s just the way it’s always been done” do not let you SEE the system.
He's been a huge inspiration to me. A lot of the frameworks I've built here are grounded in his work. I also grew up reading Dilbert in the late 90s. Didn't get it at the time, but thought it was silly anyway. My mom worked at a newspaper so everyone had different Dilbert strips on their office walls or cubicles. Sad everyone decided to cancel it a few years ago, but I guess not surprising. Glad Scott was able to chat with us via X... I think it all worked out for him. He will be remembered for a long time 🤍
For a while now, I’ve been sensing something missing in my work.Not conceptual. Not research. Not articulation.But a critical structural piece that played hide-and-seek with me.
The breakthrough was reading your post and then applying Thomas Paine‘s first principals to my work.
This reframe shifted my tendency to nurture and soften into realizing my work also needed teeth, needed bite, needed accountability for my readers.
I applied First Principles to a rewrite of My Premise. My Promise., where I lay out the purpose and vision for A Slice of Orange, A Pinch of Sky.
This structural reframe has blown away the last sticky edges keeping me smaller than this work deserves.
You need to know that your work goes beyond intellectual elucidation. It also has the power to blow open breakthroughs and anchor practical, lasting, change.
I’ve always been impressed with your thinking chops, your articulation, your willingness to drive wild and bold.
But this? This sky rockets into a different realm. You might say the First Principle of First Principles: the connective tissue that interconnects and holds all of Life together.
Oh wow, what a lovely and nice comment to see this morning, Ariane. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave something so thoughtful. I'm glad to hear it resonated so deeply with you! I hope I can help blow open many more breakthroughs for you! hehe
I’m know I’ll continue to be impressed with your work, Stepfanie. But for now, this breakthrough is far reaching enough I’m just going to ride the wave! And always remember and be grateful for where it came from. 🤗
I feel you have succinctly described how Tribal Thinking hijacked Common Sense. It is also a roadmap for hijacking Tribal Thinking. The motivated can attain great power from the lazy and distracted by controlling the system.
Should we try to be the motivated or should we educate everyone?
I rarely comment on your posts. I am subscriber that loves the ideas you share, but often comes to different conclusions. Thanks for ideas that get included in my personal reflections.
Thanks Paul, couldn't agree more. And I appreciate the comment on this one. I don't mind when people don't agree with me and I definitely don't expect everyone to come to the same conclusions as I do (how boring would that be?), but I do find it interesting how many people can't even tolerate SEEING different opinions or conclusions. So I really appreciate that you take the ideas for what they are. As for being motivated vs educating everyone... I don't have the answer to that. I was just discussing this with a friend as well, who asked a similar question, and I'm stumped. Sometimes it feels as though people are "too far gone" — I have to remind myself there are billions and billions of people outside of just the small portion we see on the internet or showcased in outrage-news stories. I think the answer is probably somewhere in the middle... we stay motivated and we try our best to help others learn to see and reason for themselves.
I think we can! More people just need to do it publicly. Change our minds when presented with new facts and evidence, admit when we were wrong, say "I don't know" instead of pretending to have all the answers. I think this is what will help others do the same. There aren't currently enough people leading by this example imo
I needed to read this today. I’ve stopped myself a lot from posting about an issue. I’m trying to teach myself now at 33 how to debate fairly with people in person. Life history hasn’t made it easy. I made it hard for people and other people made it hard for me. So many good points. I became an independent at the end of the election I get along with tribal people but I’m really just watching it burn. It’s sad. Really great article
Thanks, Alex, I'm glad it resonated with you. You're stronger than me because I find it pretty hard to get along with tribal people these days. I have a couple of friends who are that way and even when I try to leave politics out of the friendship, for some reason they want to bring them into every conversation. Some things can just be fun! We don't need to politicize every single thing! Good on you, though. Stay sane out there :)
This post was really good! I mean it's a really good insight on what common sense was actually about.
I have faith we can make it cool again :)
This post is brilliant. Made me immediately think of 4-5 years ago and “Trust the experts (but only these few we picked for you)”.
It is invigorating to find more people and content being open to simply hear, express or consider thoughts beyond “my tribe”.
Tribal politics makes me cringe harder than anything else. It's impossible to even have a conversation with someone when they're speaking from that place. They're not open to hearing you, they just want to state their own "facts". I find those types of people to be painfully boring.
What a masterpiece! Applicable in many aspects of life where indoctrination or “that’s just the way it’s always been done” do not let you SEE the system.
"That's just the way it's always been done" is the bane of my existence I stg
Outstanding. Now I m going to go read Common Sense!
It's a real page-turner 🙃
As Scott Adams often said, “Our opinions are assigned to us.“
RIP to the legend 😭
Heartbroken.
Scott has been part of my day - every day - for years. The value of his work cannot be overstated.
A legend, indeed.
He's been a huge inspiration to me. A lot of the frameworks I've built here are grounded in his work. I also grew up reading Dilbert in the late 90s. Didn't get it at the time, but thought it was silly anyway. My mom worked at a newspaper so everyone had different Dilbert strips on their office walls or cubicles. Sad everyone decided to cancel it a few years ago, but I guess not surprising. Glad Scott was able to chat with us via X... I think it all worked out for him. He will be remembered for a long time 🤍
Thanks for sharing, Stephanie.
I enjoyed your thoughts on Common Sense 😊
This post blew the hinges off.
For a while now, I’ve been sensing something missing in my work.Not conceptual. Not research. Not articulation.But a critical structural piece that played hide-and-seek with me.
The breakthrough was reading your post and then applying Thomas Paine‘s first principals to my work.
This reframe shifted my tendency to nurture and soften into realizing my work also needed teeth, needed bite, needed accountability for my readers.
I applied First Principles to a rewrite of My Premise. My Promise., where I lay out the purpose and vision for A Slice of Orange, A Pinch of Sky.
This structural reframe has blown away the last sticky edges keeping me smaller than this work deserves.
You need to know that your work goes beyond intellectual elucidation. It also has the power to blow open breakthroughs and anchor practical, lasting, change.
I’ve always been impressed with your thinking chops, your articulation, your willingness to drive wild and bold.
But this? This sky rockets into a different realm. You might say the First Principle of First Principles: the connective tissue that interconnects and holds all of Life together.
Oh wow, what a lovely and nice comment to see this morning, Ariane. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave something so thoughtful. I'm glad to hear it resonated so deeply with you! I hope I can help blow open many more breakthroughs for you! hehe
I’m know I’ll continue to be impressed with your work, Stepfanie. But for now, this breakthrough is far reaching enough I’m just going to ride the wave! And always remember and be grateful for where it came from. 🤗
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I feel you have succinctly described how Tribal Thinking hijacked Common Sense. It is also a roadmap for hijacking Tribal Thinking. The motivated can attain great power from the lazy and distracted by controlling the system.
Should we try to be the motivated or should we educate everyone?
I rarely comment on your posts. I am subscriber that loves the ideas you share, but often comes to different conclusions. Thanks for ideas that get included in my personal reflections.
Thanks Paul, couldn't agree more. And I appreciate the comment on this one. I don't mind when people don't agree with me and I definitely don't expect everyone to come to the same conclusions as I do (how boring would that be?), but I do find it interesting how many people can't even tolerate SEEING different opinions or conclusions. So I really appreciate that you take the ideas for what they are. As for being motivated vs educating everyone... I don't have the answer to that. I was just discussing this with a friend as well, who asked a similar question, and I'm stumped. Sometimes it feels as though people are "too far gone" — I have to remind myself there are billions and billions of people outside of just the small portion we see on the internet or showcased in outrage-news stories. I think the answer is probably somewhere in the middle... we stay motivated and we try our best to help others learn to see and reason for themselves.
Thanks, I needed to hear this today. I am glad I am not the only one reflecting on these concerns.
The amount of times I hear “well they say…” and I’m like “who is they?!?” and it’s crickets 😂
Totally. THEY have an answer for everything, don't they! 🦗
Love this. Thank you for the insight. I hope we can make thinking cool again. :)
I think we can! More people just need to do it publicly. Change our minds when presented with new facts and evidence, admit when we were wrong, say "I don't know" instead of pretending to have all the answers. I think this is what will help others do the same. There aren't currently enough people leading by this example imo
I agree.
I needed to read this today. I’ve stopped myself a lot from posting about an issue. I’m trying to teach myself now at 33 how to debate fairly with people in person. Life history hasn’t made it easy. I made it hard for people and other people made it hard for me. So many good points. I became an independent at the end of the election I get along with tribal people but I’m really just watching it burn. It’s sad. Really great article
Thanks, Alex, I'm glad it resonated with you. You're stronger than me because I find it pretty hard to get along with tribal people these days. I have a couple of friends who are that way and even when I try to leave politics out of the friendship, for some reason they want to bring them into every conversation. Some things can just be fun! We don't need to politicize every single thing! Good on you, though. Stay sane out there :)
Excellent essay.Is it true?Is a question I keep asking my self.
Good on you. More people need to ask themselves this Q!
Long live common sense!