hm occurs to me that at a certain point return to Knowing Things becomes much lower return on the effort margin than (i) knowing people who know different things (ii) being able to find people who know different things (iii) discerning whether other people actually know things
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4. Universities used to be quite good at helping students accumulate both internal and external knowledge networks. Now not so much for (reasons). Twitter is more powerful if you use it correctly.
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I’m currently reading a history of working class intellectuals that argues that a lot of 20th century trends were the attempt of the upper classes to monopolize cultural knowledge/authority — e.g. modernist art that is totally inaccessible to common tastespic.twitter.com/ngdqMHTfCy
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oh absolutely not a good signal if the lower status can easily ape it!
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I think in all three cases a lot of the trade is in connections. Lower class, you introduce somebody to the friend of a friend who has a pickup truck. Middle class, you introduce somebody to your buddy who speaks fluent japanese. Upper class, you introduce to Epstein or Pol Pot
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I'd clarify skilled labor, which is an element of knowing. (Plumbing, car repairs, framing, welding, etc., all require knowledge and skills. Sometimes expensive equipment to go along with that.) I suppose these "working class" skills aren't the same as "lower class."
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