In fairness to Sam, a lot of what you put out is drivel. In fairness to you, as best as I can tell, Sam moderately bad person who puts out a fair amount of slop and thinks he’s smarter than he is.
I think of your thinking/writing style as being similar to when LLMs have their heat parameter turned high. It can result in meaningful connections, the direction of the thought is usually right, and oftentimes it can uncover things that are difficult to with a sober mind. However, a significant portion of the output is guaranteed to be nonsensical bullshit that has to be waded through, even if it might sound coherent. The percentage of the output that’s drivel is dependent on the topic, maybe related to knowledge level in some way. I think your political stuff tends to have a better ratio than some of your historical stuff, and especially your religious stuff.
I think this is why people tell you to edit and why you aren’t able to do it well. Your work really might benefit from an external editor who looks at it from a different perspective than you. Of course, that would suck and be painful, and might remove the spark.
I phrase it as heat parameter, but in humans it’s likely to be a perturbation in brain excitation/inhibition balance. More likely to be increased excitation leading to schizotypy in creatives, though it can be the other way and it can just be something else.
Seriously though, consider seeing a psychiatrist and seeing if you have a form of schizotypy. It can be good to know and (non-drug) treatment plans can help with the undesirable symptoms like insomnia. From what you’ve described of your personal life, it matches and could help
To be clear, it’s like autism where there are degrees and types. For some reason high-functioning autism got into popular consciousness but high-functioning schizotypy didn’t. Schizophrenia is just the very far end like nonverbal autism.
But I gather that the man is some form of doctrinaire Marxist. I don't think he's someone you say "Let us sit down and reason together and get to the bottom of this question" with. You read the most interesting of his unique takes, as if they were produced not by a man but a force of nature, and move on.
On one hand it's good that you're self aware about your feelings, but venting can be a bad habit. If you put so much energy into your negative feelings they tend to perpetuate. I've found it much easier to let go of this kind of thing when instead of giving long rants about my insecurities I only bring it up when it's at least vaguely relevant (or we're close) in the form of "I feel X about Y" rather than elaborating in depth.
So you complain that he paywalls too many articles. But every time I see one of yours that looks interesting, it’s paywalled. And you often don’t even give an enticing paragraph or two to whet the appetite.
In fairness to Sam, a lot of what you put out is drivel. In fairness to you, as best as I can tell, Sam moderately bad person who puts out a fair amount of slop and thinks he’s smarter than he is.
I think of your thinking/writing style as being similar to when LLMs have their heat parameter turned high. It can result in meaningful connections, the direction of the thought is usually right, and oftentimes it can uncover things that are difficult to with a sober mind. However, a significant portion of the output is guaranteed to be nonsensical bullshit that has to be waded through, even if it might sound coherent. The percentage of the output that’s drivel is dependent on the topic, maybe related to knowledge level in some way. I think your political stuff tends to have a better ratio than some of your historical stuff, and especially your religious stuff.
I think this is why people tell you to edit and why you aren’t able to do it well. Your work really might benefit from an external editor who looks at it from a different perspective than you. Of course, that would suck and be painful, and might remove the spark.
I phrase it as heat parameter, but in humans it’s likely to be a perturbation in brain excitation/inhibition balance. More likely to be increased excitation leading to schizotypy in creatives, though it can be the other way and it can just be something else.
You know I said I wanted longer insults being directed at me and I got my wish.
Seriously though, consider seeing a psychiatrist and seeing if you have a form of schizotypy. It can be good to know and (non-drug) treatment plans can help with the undesirable symptoms like insomnia. From what you’ve described of your personal life, it matches and could help
To be clear, it’s like autism where there are degrees and types. For some reason high-functioning autism got into popular consciousness but high-functioning schizotypy didn’t. Schizophrenia is just the very far end like nonverbal autism.
He thinks you’re hot so he’s negging you
Official NonZionism policy is we like Sam Kriss.
I take everything I said back and apologize
Correct.
Sorry this is gay, converting to Kahanism now (I am a Catholic and I am supremely indifferent to Jewish affairs)
I would say read his take on the 2024 election. It was the best piece of his I've read, and probably the best post-mortem of that election.
https://samkriss.substack.com/p/i-told-you-so
But I gather that the man is some form of doctrinaire Marxist. I don't think he's someone you say "Let us sit down and reason together and get to the bottom of this question" with. You read the most interesting of his unique takes, as if they were produced not by a man but a force of nature, and move on.
He's bald and you're histrionic. Bald wins.
The difference is that, for you, writing is a hobby, but for Sam Kriss, writing is an impassioned higher pursuit.
How much time must I dedicate before it is no longer a hobby?
On one hand it's good that you're self aware about your feelings, but venting can be a bad habit. If you put so much energy into your negative feelings they tend to perpetuate. I've found it much easier to let go of this kind of thing when instead of giving long rants about my insecurities I only bring it up when it's at least vaguely relevant (or we're close) in the form of "I feel X about Y" rather than elaborating in depth.
So you complain that he paywalls too many articles. But every time I see one of yours that looks interesting, it’s paywalled. And you often don’t even give an enticing paragraph or two to whet the appetite.
Drivel :)
Assuming "leftist" = atheist = drivel
Your article about disrespect, coming immediately after a paragraph complaining about Kriss paywalling so many of his articles, is paywalled.