🆕 “Geeks, MOPs, and sociopaths in subculture evolution” (riffing on ’s Gervais Principle) meaningness.com/metablog/geeks
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A consequence of your slightly evil defense mechanism is to accept that culture doesn't scale.
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Right. I tweeted about that a bit a few weeks ago, and plan to write a bunch Real Soon Now.
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I'd connect that line up to 's weaponized sacredness. That may allow subculture to scale into culture
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Question for you to consider: is "cultural entrepreneur" distinct non-nihilistic cousin of economic sociopath?
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Excellent question! My quick gut response is “yes,” if the entrepreneur is creating, not just packaging/selling.
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Looking forward to reading that discourse. I'd bet the other way: unbridled creativity *requires* nihilism :D
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