Spencer Greenberg 🔍 ✓

@SpencrGreenberg · New York · joined 19 Dec 2011

A psychology researcher/mathematician/entrepreneur. I tweet about psychology, society, rationality, science, and philosophy. My book: https://t.co/qd3iRl7q1X

38 854Followers

6 707Following

10 286Posts total

16.8KViews on collected posts

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Spencer Greenberg 🔍 ✓@SpencrGreenberg7 Sep

@SpencrGreenberg nidra, psychic sleep is the best! 267 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Spencer Greenberg 🔍 ✓@SpencrGreenberg6 Sep

@SpencrGreenberg I tried. But never worked for me. 421 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Spencer Greenberg 🔍 ✓@SpencrGreenberg6 Sep

@SpencrGreenberg Well put. It's attentional retraining, not thought suppression. That's what breaks the rumination cycle. Happy to discuss more extensively. 381 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Spencer Greenberg 🔍 ✓@SpencrGreenberg6 Sep

Most people are only aware of a few meditation techniques. But meditation is more like going to the gym, not a single method. Many parts of the mind can be exercised. My colleague Jeremy Stevenson and I categorized over 100 types on our new site: https://t.co/tJCfRaEIuc 9K views · 163 likes · 9 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →

Spencer Greenberg 🔍 ✓@SpencrGreenberg6 Sep

Joshua (@joshuakeay) suggested to me that we need a phrase to refer to the first time AI is brought up in any conversation (that was originally not about AI). I agree. Which of these terms do you like best? 1.6K views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Spencer Greenberg 🔍 ✓@SpencrGreenberg6 Sep

@SpencrGreenberg Narcissism is a ubiquitous dissociative trauma response that likely most people exhibit. 66 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Spencer Greenberg 🔍 ✓@SpencrGreenberg6 Sep

@SpencrGreenberg Putting these as linear diagnoses is incorrect. 129 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Spencer Greenberg 🔍 ✓@SpencrGreenberg6 Sep

@SpencrGreenberg I think the description of narcissist is a bit off (and largely depends on whether one prefers the NARC, SPIN, or FFNI model). Depends on what "desperately needs" means. Makes sense for ppl higher in vulnerable narc b/c they have excessively high neuroticism and 131 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Spencer Greenberg 🔍 ✓@SpencrGreenberg6 Sep

I've been thinking about these two correlated but distinct traits: 1) Intrinsically valuing being liked/admired 2) Manipulating others into liking/admiring you I realized they subdivide "types" of people in a fascinating way, e.g., helping distinguish narcissists from psychopaths

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Spencer Greenberg 🔍 ✓@SpencrGreenberg5 Sep

Imagine growing unlimited meat from a single egg in something that looks like a beer brewery, with no slaughterhouses. Bruce Friedrich argues that cultivated meat could replace factory farming, thereby reducing staggering amounts of suffering, in my latest podcast episode: ⬇️ 1.9K views · 20 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Spencer Greenberg 🔍 ✓@SpencrGreenberg16 Nov 2020

Each week I send One Helpful Idea via email (a 30 second read aiming to help you understand the world or improve your life), along with a new Clearer Thinking podcast episode where I discuss 4 or 5 "ideas that matter" with a brilliant guest. Sign up here: https://t.co/uuUg3Io2Bx 0 views · 206 likes · 18 reposts · 22 replies Open on X →

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10 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views401this account973median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.03%this account3.36%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.90%this account1.83%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	401	973	0.41×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.03%	3.36%	0.31×
Engagement rate	0.90%	1.83%	0.49×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

1.9K5 Sep

3K6 Sep

131

129

1.6K

381

421

2677 Sep

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.18%5 Sep

1.02%6 Sep

0.76%

0.78%

1.52%

0.76%

2.00%

0.26%

0.00%

1.12%7 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.83%.

What the audience does

Likes46.2%220 in total

Reposts2.3%11 in total

Replies3.8%18 in total

Quotes0.4%2 in total

Bookmarks47.3%225 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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