I haven’t been able to confirm this fully to my satisfaction but there appears to be a very strong correlation between joyless ideological axe-grinding and a highly instrumental kind of technological imagination (often genius grade).
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These people are often very good at tech, but don’t seem to enjoy playing with it for its own sake. The work product is often either practical and instrumental but does not spark joy. It looks like they took pride in building it, but had no fun doing so. A means to social ends.
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Yes. Though I meant more why do you think there's that correlation?
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Ok. I was asking more for a speculatory remark about personality types or something ontological
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I’d give away too much and this would turn into very transparent subtweet if I clarified, but yes it’s a clear type
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I ask because I see myself in the second tweet but don't really identify with the first. I was wondering how I could find my ideological axe.
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