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The Cool Is the Enemy

The stereotype of like the computer nerd is the farthest from consciousness expanding that I can imagine. My brother was, he was an editor of the Jewish news magazine at UCLA and he did a lot of early graphic arts design for a lot of the papers there. So my brother was very straight edge. Like he was this just like he had the brain for tech. The freedom to geek out that is the revolution. You know, it's not just revenge of the nerds, although it is partly that. And we should all hear that the cool is the enemy. No one should be cool. But as long as you could geek out and appreciate this, all are welcome.

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