Kris Arnold

iOS engineer, fan of cities and subways, reader of too many feeds. he/him 🏳️‍🌈 @[email protected]

[iOSoho @iOSoho]

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow at
@okcupid for our last Meetup of the year! It will be hybrid (in person in NYC and online) and RSVPs are still open. Join us at 6pm EST for a great evening of learning and networking!
https://t.co/C8eQa5Ihda

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

I just want to make a few things clear:

The Holocaust happened.

Hitler was a demonic figure.

And instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should be calling out and rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides.

Silence is complicity.

[[email protected] @kellan]

There is a high correlation between having power and being an asshole. Some of those people you think are decent are still pretending. That doesn't mean most decent people are pretending. That's a sampling error.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Looking at who is trying to make voting more difficult and elections less credible is a useful shortcut to see whether a politician, party, or movement cares about the people and democracy or only about power.

[Martin Fowler @martinfowler]

If you're an American, and not inclined to vote in next week's midterm elections, please read this appeal

https://t.co/AEBboOFCx9

[Pushkin Industries 🎙️ @pushkinpods]

Do you butt heads with your parents over political beliefs? Or side-eye your friend when they start talking conspiracy theories? Or maybe you’re the one who can’t seem to change your mind?

Learn #HowMindsChange with author @davidmcraney and @TimHarford: https://t.co/ZM9tCgP3Br

[zeynep tufekci @zeynep]

Alex Jones was ordered to pay ~$1 billion for Sandy Hook lies.

But the key issue remains: It’s so easy now to make a lot of money by lying outrageously and cynically.

My piece on why we should focus on this, and the money machine, to slow this onslaught.
https://t.co/LQ1g4NWAXH

[iOSoho @iOSoho]

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow at
@FlatironSchool for our October Meetup. It will be hybrid (in person and online). Join us at 6pm EST for a great evening of learning and networking!
https://t.co/IjmwgQZlBy

[Kris Arnold @wka]

“…But no status quo is eternal. Every system occasionally grows fragile. The key to changing a nation, or a planet, is persistence.”

[Kris Arnold @wka]

I recently read How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion by @davidmcraney and it did a spectacular job of explaining the how’s and why’s behind people’s beliefs and belief change.

Here are some quotes that struck me as insightful/interesting:

[Kris Arnold @wka]

“Societies aren’t fixed. Large social systems, though they seem stable, are always changing in subtle ways that are imperceptible to the people living within them.”

[Kris Arnold @wka]

“When there are few downsides for making mistakes, we prefer to search for evidence that confirms our assumptions.”