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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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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