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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    1. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 15 Apr 2018
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      I think there’s an open space in the entertainment genre map: How about we make competence porn except where the competent people are also the good guys?

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      Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 15 Apr 2018
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      “Competence porn” is a phrase that I heard once and can’t remember the source or unhear. It’s like “Ahh, the satisfaction of watching a master at work is a thing. Let’s turn that to eleven.”

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        2.  🦾 🧠 ⚗️‏ @trylks 16 Apr 2018
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          Do you mean like Sherlock/Elementary, House, the Mentalist,… but as a reality show and not fiction? Is this related?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetten,_dass..%3F …

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        3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 16 Apr 2018
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          I sort of like it where competence is a metaphorical superpower not a literal superpower. Sherlock is a fun thing to watch but you have to just to go with the conceit that he's a wizard who slums as a scientist/detective. House has similar issues for me.

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        2. Kevin Riggle‏ @kevinriggle 15 Apr 2018
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          The new PACIFIC RIM is very this. Also pretty much RAMPAGE and TOMB RAIDER. And written genre SF is chockablock with it.

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        3. Kevin Riggle‏ @kevinriggle 15 Apr 2018
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          Also like CHEF’S TABLE

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        1. Ali‏ @alinajaf 15 Apr 2018
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          I suppose like other types of porn, I’m more interested in competence in a group than I am in a solo master. Only ever seen this in documentaries really, e.g. Jiro Dreams of Sushi, maybe some episodes of Ugly Delicious.

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        1. brennan‏ @letkma 15 Apr 2018
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          this is sort of a youtube genre in the craftsmanship sense - lots of people making intricate pocketwatch mechanisms or woodworkers slowly honing a joint or building fine furniture

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        1. speck of dust in time and space‏ @iand675 15 Apr 2018
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          Might I interest you in https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtisanVideos/ … ?

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        2. Boltzmann Brain Think Tank‏ @PLT_cheater 15 Apr 2018
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          You've described loads of youtube, eg clickspring

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        3. (have-YER! Candeira)‏ @candeira 15 Apr 2018
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          The Primitive Technology channel also springs to mind: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA …

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        1. pangolin respecter‏ @EvanSandhoefner 15 Apr 2018
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          pangolin respecter Retweeted Julia Galef

          Don't know if @juliagalef coined it, but this is where I heard it:https://twitter.com/juliagalef/status/911293579095564288?s=19 …

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          My favorite genres I wish were Netflix categories: Small Towns, Magic Realism, Neo-noirs, Picaresques, Mind-fucks, Banter, Competence Porn
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