Mushfiqa Aisha

glass is 40% empty

@SpencrGreenberg My guess is that teenagers have a comparatively shorter attention span and that's a good strategy because they are less certain about stuff and in an explorative mode. It is better to explore ideas before committing to one that is discussed for one hour.

“Pick something you’re passionate about & grab the user’s attention in 3 seconds. It you don’t, somebody will. Typically long videos (60 second videos), people aren’t going to watch, so I suggest keeping it no longer than 40 secs.” -TikTok influencer If good advice, this is…

@G_S_Bhogal Did they assign reading Kafka as inspiration for beurocracy

Purposeful Stupidity: Common argument against regulation. In 1944, the OSS (now known as the CIA) published a field manual laying out strategies to subtly sabotage a society from within. The tactics described are eerily similar to what passes for normality today.

Chesterton's Fence: If an old law or tradition seems so irrational that you want to scrap it, then you shouldn't scrap it. The fact it's survived the ages despite seeming irrational means it must have a purpose. Before acting, understand that purpose. An argument for conservatism

کبھی ابن سینا پر بھی ڈرامہ بنائو، کبھی الرازی کی خدمات بھی فلم بند کراو، کبھی الفارابی کے حالات زندگی بھی پیش کرو، کبھی ابن الہیثم کی ایجادات بھی سامنے لاؤ، تاکہ ہمارے بزرگ گھوڑے سے اتر کر مطالعہ کرنے لگ جائیں اور ہمارے نوجوان ٹی وی کے سامنے سے اٹھ کر کتابیں اٹھائیں۔

@sympathetic_opp isn't it good though? so they can't outmodel you when it matters

one reason im reluctant to be open/vulnerable w/o establishing trust or commitment is that i expect to change a lot & if i were super open w ppl who i then peaced out on easily, they would have a less accurate model of me, or at least be more sure of an inaccurate model of me idk

@Lithros because disputing the premise creates a paradox

why accept a premise when you could dispute it instead

Both politics and economics are about the division of resources. Economics without politics i.e power and access to resources is incomplete.