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Tuesday, 30 April 2013
mainly macro: Why Inflation is not falling
mainly macro: Why Inflation is not falling: There has been considerable interest in the recent IMF study that found that the responsiveness of inflation to the output gap (or equiv...
Twitter and Debate
For a long time now, I have marvelled at the message board otherwise known as Twitter. It bring together a diverse group of like-minded as well as adversarial people. In the main the tweets are interesting and useful in many ways, and is possibly the best medium for unlimited inanity known to man, alongside some gems of brilliant insight and confessions. But why do people in their randomness like to explode with rage at the sign of a perceived slight or a point of disagreement?
All in all it is a useful way of gathering news from the many sources and developing a better idea of breaking news without an editorial slant.
Sometimes however there are occasions where the exercise of debate, becomes lost in personal attacks( political) rather than debating the matter at hand. And to me that's puzzling. The art of debate can be sometimes emotive, that is understandable, but when it degenerates into personal attacks it loses its lustre, and becomes self defeating. It immediately becomes a slanging match akin to two heavyweights exchanging verbal punches. Nothing is gained and everything is lost.
Anonymity can help explain some of this phenomena. Your typing away at one end of the ether, and some other random person is doing the same. There are no voice inflections or opportunities to correct or explain certain points, which can lead to reading blindness, or the inability to comprehend a 140 character sentence. So misunderstandings occur with rapid frequency. I guess knowing the other person would help but its not possible through Twitter to know everyone on your timeline. So it becomes one of those health and safety problems you are bound to encounter from time to time. Its definitely not good to get your ackers up, especially with hypertension.
With all its faults its a thoroughly entertaining choice,in both a passive and interactive way; more jaw jaw is better than flinging plates at the wall.
All in all it is a useful way of gathering news from the many sources and developing a better idea of breaking news without an editorial slant.
Sometimes however there are occasions where the exercise of debate, becomes lost in personal attacks( political) rather than debating the matter at hand. And to me that's puzzling. The art of debate can be sometimes emotive, that is understandable, but when it degenerates into personal attacks it loses its lustre, and becomes self defeating. It immediately becomes a slanging match akin to two heavyweights exchanging verbal punches. Nothing is gained and everything is lost.
Anonymity can help explain some of this phenomena. Your typing away at one end of the ether, and some other random person is doing the same. There are no voice inflections or opportunities to correct or explain certain points, which can lead to reading blindness, or the inability to comprehend a 140 character sentence. So misunderstandings occur with rapid frequency. I guess knowing the other person would help but its not possible through Twitter to know everyone on your timeline. So it becomes one of those health and safety problems you are bound to encounter from time to time. Its definitely not good to get your ackers up, especially with hypertension.
With all its faults its a thoroughly entertaining choice,in both a passive and interactive way; more jaw jaw is better than flinging plates at the wall.
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