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

Minds Almost Meeting

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Are We Most Effective Talking About Ideas When We Can?

Nerds are good at coordinating when there's a task and they specifically only have to coordinate on that task. But if I'm just thinking about the nerds I know and their social environments they're often involved a lot of non nerds buffering. At least that's it's just striking to me to notice that the tension exists even among the most intellectual people.

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