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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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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