Comments on: More midden, more midden, have a look an' here we go... http://trilema.com/2021/more-midden-more-midden-have-a-look-an-here-we-go/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Tue, 05 May 2026 02:59:23 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2021/more-midden-more-midden-have-a-look-an-here-we-go/#comment-159622 Mircea Popescu Thu, 04 Feb 2021 20:33:17 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=99191#comment-159622 Immensely popular things dissapear "without a trace" all the time. I don't expect you've ever heard of Blair's <a href="http://trilema.com/2020/forum-logs-for-02-aug-2016/#2139673">A Shropshire Lad</a> (or <a href="http://trilema.com/2014/the-elephant-in-the-room/">Blair himself</a>, for that matter), but that doesn't mean it wasn't immensely popular. It just means you weren't anything in its context. Or rather, to put it more generally : it just means popularity isn't nearly as important as you imagine it to be ; which is to say it just means you're not nearly as important as you take yourself to be, seeing how even by a large bunch of self-same yous that "all agree" nothing permanent is actually achieved. Trilema is a big deal. That's not what makes it popular, nor is its popularity <em>why</em> it's a big deal. Focus on that end of things, you'll have a lot more (and a lot better) things to say -- first of all, to yourself. Immensely popular things dissapear "without a trace" all the time. I don't expect you've ever heard of Blair's A Shropshire Lad (or Blair himself, for that matter), but that doesn't mean it wasn't immensely popular. It just means you weren't anything in its context.

Or rather, to put it more generally : it just means popularity isn't nearly as important as you imagine it to be ; which is to say it just means you're not nearly as important as you take yourself to be, seeing how even by a large bunch of self-same yous that "all agree" nothing permanent is actually achieved.

Trilema is a big deal. That's not what makes it popular, nor is its popularity why it's a big deal. Focus on that end of things, you'll have a lot more (and a lot better) things to say -- first of all, to yourself.

]]> By: Ron http://trilema.com/2021/more-midden-more-midden-have-a-look-an-here-we-go/#comment-159621 Ron Thu, 04 Feb 2021 20:26:48 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=99191#comment-159621 How can this site be so popular? I have never even heard of it before... How can this site be so popular? I have never even heard of it before...

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