From: Robin Hanson (hanson@hss.caltech.edu)
Date: Thu Mar 06 1997 - 10:57:40 MST
RavnStCrow@aol.com writes:
>I think it is very interesting to see this discussion on "helping out" or
>"fitting in" "being someone who is good to know"
>....in other words, socialized behavior - which is quite different from
>"socialism" In general, I think it is being eschewed in the effort to
>maintain "individuality"....
Yes. As a young nerd I was sure my social habits were the direct
application of fundamental principles I held dear regarding social
status, etc. Now as an older nerd, I can see how insensitive and
self-absorbed I was. There was real social injustice I was reacting
to, but that was not a good excuse.
Robin D. Hanson hanson@hss.caltech.edu http://hss.caltech.edu/~hanson/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Fri Nov 01 2002 - 14:44:14 MST