Yeah, unfortunately, you often don't hear of his (or other "geniuses") assholery but romanticized hype like this... https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/10/17/richard-feynman-arline-letter/ …
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Ugh I am so sick of romanticizing people into idols. Talk about their work, yes, but the whole concept of an idol is so misleading and helps noone.
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I suppose the underlying reason is a childish need to have role models, superheroes
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Is it? Why do some of us reject the idea of idols inherently? I’ve never had role models, just like
@o_guest, but I cannot quite say why because it goes way back. My culture aggrandizes “great men” and American culture is way too enamored with superheroes. Just so odd to me!2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
My only problem with calling it childish is that sadly many people need them. Many people especially from non-white non-western non-male non-straight groups tend to feel they need a role model. I have seen it first hand, people telling me I am their role model just for existing.
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Fair enough, but perhaps this is the result of being mistreated/oppressed. I had other ppl in mind
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Or just represented. People need to feel they will be accepted, otherwise they think things are not "for them". It's natural.
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Absolutely esp when it's those that challenge stereotypes. Representations matter.
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“There’s this body of research and a term known as ‘symbolic annihilation,’ which is the idea that if you don’t see people like you in the media you consume, you must somehow be unimportant.”http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/why-on-screen-representation-matters_us_58aeae96e4b01406012fe49d …
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I honestly think representation, or lack of it, is part of the reason for lack of women esp black women in tech and stem
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Me too.
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BTW [TW: Nazis, Holocaust] did you see this thread/blog post?https://twitter.com/o_guest/status/944945775494254592 …
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Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ @o_guest"[IBM's] machines were used to understand how many [...] Jews lived in any district. They also helped the Third Reich understand that as they imposed harsh regulations [...] many Jews would leave to neighboring regions" h/t@azraiekv http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/glencora/2017/11/27/ibm-holocaust/ … CC@laurelaiissexyShow this thread1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
I didn't. It sounds disgusting but let me read...
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It is but we were speaking about tech being unwelcoming and bad so I thought of it...
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