If I use a word...
It means something.

I'm conveying my insight about how the world works or will be.

If my audience (friends, family) does not understand that word, I am not understood.

These are words that describe abstractions that I do not believe my audience understands:

- Data
- Trend
- Probability
- Policy
- Demographic
- Foundation
- Branch
- Endpoint
- Entity
- Alignment
- Governance
- Utilization
- Capacity
- Productivity
- Constraint
- Efficiency
- Accelerant
- Flow
- Concept

I'm finding it disconcerting that I've been using a language that few can understand.

I've been speaking for years while friends and family nod merely in respect and not agreement.

They
Never
Understood

@EvilBunny
In the later era of ancient Rome the emperor needed local, respected leaders to provide local governance. The christian bishops were a convenient role to leverage, which he did.

In my early 30's I was trained to use abstractions to think.

Before, I used intuition and looked for confirming evidence.

I struggled before I learned about abstractions.

I then built a career solving hard problems.

The problems were often created by people who could not use abstractions to understand what was happening to their business.

Now I realize that this "skill" is not shared by everyone.

I cannot use abstractions in an argument and succeed. They don't understand them.

@Usama_Backhair
Just how they got hacked is one layer of "interesting".
Just how Hezbollah failed to assess all of their similar assets is another level of "stupid" (or hubris).

@Usama_Backhair
Interesting.
So, did they then say "you can trust those walkie-talkies 'cuz my cousin bought them on Amazon a few months ago"?

So, let me get this straight.....
Hezbollah gets thousands of its people scrambled by hacked pagers.
Then, the very next day, they get say "Well, we didn't see that coming. Let's start using another electronic wireless device (with a rechargeable battery whose supply chain we haven't analyzed) to communicate. There's nothing to worry about with those, right?"
If laptops and cellphones start killing people on Thursday and then Friday ..... I dunno...
#israel

@th3j35t3r @BreakingNews
That's because their pager isn't working for some reason.

@Museek
I relate to this.

I once remember being asked a complex question by a client. I started talking too quickly - before I had an answer. So I kept talking while another part of my brain was working through the answer.

I rambled on.

Then I had the answer.

But I had to bring this thread back towards that subject.

it wasn't pretty.

In the end the client said, "I don't know what the fuck you just said."

I never allowed myself to do that again.

Whoah.
1/2 pt drop in rates.
Big move.

But don't expect that to continue back to 2%.
Structurally, we have a lot of building to do before the US (and Mexico) can supply its demand without importing from China.

So, inflation will persist for probably a decade.

@northernbassist
Photo taken by Jonah Ohshit.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ianbremmer_twitterxs-revenue-collapse-q2-2022-activity-7241825032203563010-KQxG

Earth traversing the Moon's horizon:

https://x.com/i/status/1836061669602017336

Every Trump supporter I've encountered does not show evidence that they are comprehending the abstract concepts I propose.

If you can't think abstractly
You don't appreciate data.
Data is an abstraction of reality.

Vote count is data.

This is why Trump supporters can't be argued with.

@EvilBunny
I think he's definitely sleeping with her.

This where the gap exists between the Trump supporters and the others.

#3 is just being discovered by neuroscientist and amplified by airBnB's former strategist Chip Connely.

#1 and #2 persist throughout the average, intelligent person's life.

#3 is the next level

This is where the confusion between the liberals, progressives and sympathetic conservatived lie.

I think I just understood the maturity phases of the mind

Holy fuck.

1) confusion and primal objectives
2) rationality
3) systemic interrelationships

#3 still needs to be unpacked.

This is what I now need to advise my nephews and nieces.