Reposted by Hirschmanmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yes the fact that we, as a society, obviously posess all the wealth necessary to not only fix the chronic problems but also have everyone live a life of comfort and plenty, and only don't do that so like, car dealership owners can buy a 60 foot boat instead of a 40 foot boat — bad for the vibes! 367284
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Middle aged me looking back on young me and all the petty bullshit and squabbling people got into just seems like we should have kept ourselves busier and spent less time sitting around smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee. We were idle! Of course we invented trouble. 130
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Social media is basically over and everyone who used to make a freelance living at it is either spinning their wheels or turning that big dial labeled Racism but it’s not going to work 060
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Bluesky learns Aella is a right winger arc dun dunndunn 010
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Glad we’re talking about vibe shift reversal but it’s also annoying how both the Jacobin and Chapo factions of the left also tried to tack into the wind on that one 010
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026When I was in high school I thought Wicca and Paganism were cool because they were largely a social justice lesbian thing. Now I’m beginning to suspect that like health food, “being into meat and homesteading“ and woo in general well it’s not looking good for all these social movements 030
Reposted by Hirschmanjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's 164113112103
Reposted by HirschmanBen McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What the fuck R’s already $10m in ad reservations in Nebraska?? 1633237
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I need to find a communist who isn’t a le epic bacon Reddit poster 020
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thinking about totally ruining my life (leaning how to play Star Craft 2) 000
Reposted by Hirschmanjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026whenever i hear some variation on "but what if trump does X or Y or Z" i think of this ulysses s. grant remark to a subordinate during the wilderness campaign. 884018698
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There is a third position and it’s panpsychism! It’s panpsychism. 040
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026You can’t say computer clearly think because they think, that’s not a truth bearing proposition 010
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Also if you define thinking as something computers and brains do ok but you need to say that 010
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Substance dualism: it’s more likely than you think! 010
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I’m just quoting Darling here to get visibility not to argue with him but most people are substance dualists and I think that’s fine 110
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026People are unsettled by the military coup poll but forgot in the aftermath of Jan 6th the top power in country was de facto a troika of Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley 010
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Really hate Rick and Morty but the clip where he says your boos mean nothing I’ve seen what makes you cheer is very incisive 151
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Something I find kind of distasteful is how difficult public personalities get tolerated or even celebrated when it looks like they’re on a winning team and then when the tide goes out everyone takes turns kicking them. they were jerks when you liked them! Show some principle. 271
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026He won’t finish and neither will Vance. Things are going to pancake 052
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Seems like maybe some of that human drudgery was good for us 030
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The thing that is most jarring about the 2020s is how communists are Reddit now 120
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Basically the split comes down to either you believe everyone is working for their own rational interests or you think people are way messier and weirder than that 0326
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Today’s haul at the library Mary Oliver Upstream and Marilynne Robinson When I Was A Child I Read Books. The path to white women liberal Christianity (complementary) 000
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 19/09/2026You know, I think this guy might not really be a progressive ally! 452
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Hey I think this guy might not be a progressive! 010
Reposted by HirschmanWildPartyInviteDecliner @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Mao killed a lot of people but also helped a lot of people to go work, so it’s impossible to say if he’s bad or not. 2394
Reposted by Hirschmanalex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 19/09/2026everything stupid comes from aristotle 59415
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Utilitarianism -but no crazy stuff- is a fine way to go about things but Mao is definitely crazy stuff lol 110
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I’m not *defending* Mao, you see, I’m problemetizing Cold War lib hypocrisy by uh equivocating about atrocities… 000
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Mao discourse is an op to get us to stop talking about the rat sex cult 010
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I see we are going 2015 style Collapse of Complex Civilization discourse on here this morning 000
Reposted by Hirschmantweety fish @sifu.tweety.fish · 17/09/2026It's hilarious that "the initial work and underlying philosophy of this massive defense-linked American industry came from a small group of sorta racist californians who were super into esoteric sex cultism" is not enough to pin down what industry you're talking about 20708154
Reposted by Hirschmanrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 18/09/2026i think the closest analogy to 'what is going on at AI companies' is 'what was going on at JPL in the 1950s,' where communists, Satanists, swingers and adherents of a bizarre Russian Orthodox-adjacent techno-optimist microsect ended up doing a tremendous amount of important rocket science 23805147
Reposted by HirschmanJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 18/09/2026One remarkable thing about early 2025 was how many social, political, and media figures finally bought in on Trumpism at the absolute top of the market. 17614
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I guess looking back on it I’m glad I didn’t get those jobs as a philosopher for social media or machine learning shops 010
Hirschman @contextproblem.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I remember Colin Drum blocking me for saying the reason the US specifically was responsible for the imperialism and slaving and genocide it committed was because it was the US that committed those crimes not because they were the worst crimes in history 040
