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Highlights From The Comments On Nerds And Hipsters

Astral Codex Ten Podcast

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The Relationship Between High Status and Deep Engagement

Scott: I think it makes sense to say that while the first example does not make you a nerd, the second one sort of does. If we made this a cube, high status versus low status forms of engagement along one axis, Shakespeare versus Spider-Man along another axis, and deep versus shallow engagement along the third,. would anything be left of the nerd in quotes cluster as Sam describes it? I'm not sure. There were many comments with strong opinions on the definition of nerds, geeks, etc.

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