i still think it exemplifies a lot of the problems with the pushback against expertise https://twitter.com/wesyang/status/1248637107050078208

its entirely about social acceptability of doing things and cultural positioning against some idealized mainstream loser image

This alone is a very poor basis to make life and death decisions on https://twitter.com/AriSchulman/status/1248661318254702593

following the herd is bad if the herd is running off a cliff. following the herd is good if the herd is moving towards a place where there is food, water, and no predators to interrupt grazing

right now, which is it? defaulting to what seems crazy and beyond the pale may not help https://twitter.com/AriSchulman/status/1248741328697114630

deciding for yourself at every step of the way is difficult. it is what it means to be "condemned to freedom." most people end up just substituting one herd for another https://aelkus.github.io/eris/2020/03/31/weird