John Thomas Connor - SuperDebate.org @ABlockUnchained

Building the first network for adult competitive debate | @SuperDebateClub | Restoring the Agora. Technologist for hire. Father of Aurelius. superdebate.org Chicago, IL Joined September 2008

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John Thomas Connor - SuperDebate.org @ABlockUnchained

a day ago

In a sense, sure. I'm another sense, absolutely not. What do the words of another person mean to you? Do you care about the author, their soul, the unique relationship to the divine they're tapping into with words? What about the words of your loved ones? Do you not crave an authenticity that AI rewrites would make impossible?

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2 days ago

@L0m3z A history of American debate culture, and John Hines should write it.

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2 days ago

Every culture has a debate tradition worth recovering. Most of us forgot ours. The first episode of our Ancient Debate Wisdom series follows the thread from the Talmud to Athens to the American founding. Watch 👇 x.com/SuperDebateClu…

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3 days ago

"Israel" doesn't mean to obey God. It means to wrestle with God. To argue. To question. To challenge. New SuperDebate episode with @stephlepp and John Hines: how Judaism turned disagreement into a sacred practice, and how it runs straight through to modern democracy.

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2 days ago

And it isn't only a Jewish inheritance. The Greek dialectic adds the move that makes any of it work: separate the argument from the person. Two sides to explore, not two enemies to beat. You can respect the person across the table and still think they're dead wrong. That's the whole craft.

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2 days ago

@stephlepp shared an idea on the @SuperDebateClub podcast that reframes what debate is for. In Kabbalah, creation begins with a shattering. Divine light pours into vessels, they break, and the pieces scatter into our world. The human task is to find them and put them back together. Jews call this Tikkun Olam, repairing the world. And one of the tools for the repair? Argument. The productive kind. Disagreement as a way to mend, not destroy.

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3 days ago

Most of what passes for "debate" today is rage-baiting with a debate costume on. Real debate needs equal sides, a fair judge, and the willingness to be wrong. Judaism has been practicing exactly that for millennia. We dug into it. Full episode on youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=aWSiHI…

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3 days ago

1/ New Super Debate! Has DEI done more harm than good? @wil_da_beast630 will argue yes. @ArmandDoma will argue no, DEI is still a net positive. We’re putting one of the most charged issues in America into a real debate format.

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5 days ago

@Womp_Tomp Leave @garrettcdailey out of this.

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a week ago

Jordan or LeBron. The argument that never ends. We settled it the right way: not hot takes, not shouting matches. Two national championship debaters, equal time, every claim tested. One defends supremacy. One defends longevity.