𧾠View Thread
𧾠Thread (9 tweets)
common nerd failure modes: - over-fixating on question-driven inquiry - over-accumulating data - overfixating on projections implied by data - indecisiveness - difficulty imagining and valuing non-nerd modes of being - difficulty appreciating implicitness, subtext, allusions
common friend failure modes: - flinching aversion to conflict - neediness for reassurance - intolerance of solitude - overeagerness to reconcile and harmonize - underestimating possibility of bad-faith actors - flimsy boundaries - people-pleasing - naive âcanât we all get alongâ
common ambition failure modes: - indifference to people - indifference to reality (overestimating oneâs abilities, underestimating complexity) - lack of taste - lack of imagination - impatience - âends justify the meansâ - chronic dissatisfaction
being a friendly ambitious nerd all at once helps to keep the worst impulses of each of the complexes in check https://t.co/YsF6RSbOCA
Sermonposting without shitposting gets you pedestalized, which is dehumanizing Shitpost too much and nobody takes you seriously, which is also kind of dehumanizing You can nerdpost forever quite happily, but it can be a lonely and frustrating experience The flow is the point https://t.co/HYsXv2Bhpc
FAN v1.1 coming soon⌠(@FANswitchboard) https://t.co/NFXPFAAFpr
Social Mistakes Intellectual People Can Make (h/t @BowTiedFox) https://t.co/ecG45FwkVl https://t.co/lETY2HlODk
