Have yet more anti-nerd talk going on on my FB. Very worrying. I need stats on any political trends in relation to nerdiness.
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Not apolitical but not extreme either. I've worked in universities so nearly everyone is left but they're often closest to centre-left.
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The mindset of nerds of all stripes tends to be "evidence; put up or shut up."
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Funnily enough, ideologues (and those who prefer to feel rather than think) find this highly offensive.
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i think the google memo Blind survey is interesting in trying to understand nerd ideologyhttp://uk.businessinsider.com/many-google-employees-dont-think-james-damore-should-have-been-fired-2017-8?r=US&IR=T …
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SV libertarianism has been a thing for quite a while (Thiel, Bezos etc). Politically engaged nerds (like myself) often lean libertarian
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and i think many "alt righters" were really just laughing at memes.. it's less an extreme ideology than an ugly reaction to total bullshit
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