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The Intellectual vs. The Social (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)

Minds Almost Meeting

CHAPTER

The Risks of Just Talking Ideas

When I moved to Silicon Valley long ago in 1984 and started socializing with people there I sort of socialize you with a very nerdy group of people. And my wife would come along to say to these parties and she would find them unpleasant because these people were not putting the effort into being pleasantly social. But they enjoyed it right so it seems to me it's less about, you know, for many sorts of people it's quite feasible and comfortable and enjoyable to talk ideas just for the entire time. For certain sort of nerds but they will in fact less succeed at making everybody different.

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