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the quiet superpower that turns vices into hobbies and excess into a punchline.
means The practice of keeping something within reasonable limits — neither too much nor too little — especially in eating, drinking, or behavior.
from From Latin moderatio, 'a controlling, guiding, keeping within bounds,' from moderari, 'to regulate or restrain.' The root is tied to modus, 'measure' — the same measure that gives us 'mode,' 'modest,' and 'modify.' At its heart sits the idea of fitting things to their proper measure: not the absence of appetite, but the act of holding it on a leash.
- ancient flex
- Greeks carved sophrosyne into Delphi's temple as wisdom
- toxic dose
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- famous irony
- everything in moderation, including moderation, gets quoted endlessly
- online job
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- longevity link
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twitter content moderation — elon musk's 2022 takeover reduced moderation team from 1,500 to under 100 staff
meta oversight board — facebook's independent body of 40 members established 2020 to review content decisions
youtube community guidelines — 1.5 billion hours of video watched daily with ai and human moderators removing violations