1/ good essay, but a buried line in it: > I conclude from all this that we have a strong and increasing DIY norm. I agree, but I'm curious why. There's something in human nature that insists on conservation of DIY, likely as an expression of agency (IMO).https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1413234799523868682 …
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3/ I'd imagine that this comes down to tendencies we've evolved based on tribal politics. In the modern world, it might be great to trade labor for money and money for restaurant meals / cleaning services, but in a tribal society, to not DO is to be WORTHLESS.
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4/ Also, it's fragile. Perhaps, in a tribal society, you don't have to work bc you have status (you're a fertile young woman, or the son of the chief). To not DIY some things means that your skills rot. So an innate DESIRE to DIY is a hedge against changing fortunes.
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10/ good side threadhttps://twitter.com/VarangianSkull/status/1413239531780902917 …
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11/ My DIY-ness is based on basically realizing in HS or college that I was an urban bug man, all brain, no penis.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN7sOR35KCg …
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12/ I think doing a thing that's not standard in your career field is counter signalling. Sort of like the
@slatestarcodex barber pole status thing. A sftwr engineer just out of blue collar life might make a big deal of never fixing his own car. A guy who's established might >Show this thread -
13/ ...signal that he's not that first guy by DEFINITELY working on his own car.
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