Here's a completely different frame to consider on all of this, though: frontiersmen vs. townsfolk.
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People working on the fringes are disproportionately individualistic, prickly, unpolished.
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@JeremyBiltz And creativity/innovation/ultrahigh IQ correlate with social dysfunction. Imposing elaborate codes cripples right-hand tail.1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes -
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@JeremyBiltz Norms buying comfort and belonging by banishing those who make civilization possible. Heinlein's maxim about 'bad luck'.2 replies 2 retweets 1 like -
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@JeremyBiltz As civilization advances, you get more and more people who perceive less and less physical reality and more social reality.1 reply 2 retweets 3 likes
@JeremyBiltz Eventually you get a plurality of Eloi who cross the street when they see other people crossing--never think to look for cars.
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