2/ The outdoorsy guy might want to focus on a trade, plus taming his wilder impulses with church and a bit of reading. Introvert nerd might want to focus on his career, plus taming his navel-gazing "all brain, no penis" (to quote Real Genius) impulse with gym & learning tools.
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14/ Another bad thing that 12+ years of formal education does is that it teaches us that all knowledge * comes with a title ("history", "math", etc. * is available in a book so you go to Barnes & Noble and look around. "Ah, the set of things I can learn is history, math ..."
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15/ There's a ton of things to learn in life that's interdisciplinary / non-disciplinary / in the cracks / in implied spaces / doesn't have a name. There's no section in B&N for welding. For grit. For polite-yet-firm negotiating. For inner peace. For gardening (well, OK, yes)
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16/ I'm a socialcon in many areas not because I was raised a socialcon and never considered other options. I'm a socialcon because our inherited culture has words and concepts for these not-in-the-academic-departments types of knowledge and skill.
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17/ There's more useful life wisdom in 2 or 3 of my now-departed grandfather's aphorisms than there is in the entire B&N "self help" plus "home decorating" sections. What academic department is "give a firm handshake and never lie" located in?
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18/ Hopping back to "sample widely" a nerd bugman should skip a few SF conventions and * take a welding course at the local trade school * go on a few day hikes * join a local gym's "morning bootcamp" He need not stick with any of them, but that's going to give him HUGE value
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19/ And a nerd father should encourage his kids to join at least one sport, go camping with the Scouts (some non-pozzed splinter faction, ideally), etc.
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20/ Insanely good value / word ratio in this quote --->https://twitter.com/k_d_payne/status/1124321010222870528 …
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