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I don't disagree with you. But celebrities have a far wider audience. Your rockstar programmer doesn't have that. A lot of social problems disappear when you'r
by rak00n 10y ago
I don't disagree with you. But celebrities have a far wider audience. Your rockstar programmer doesn't have that.
A lot of social problems disappear when you're accepted as a famous accomplished person. So a celebrity can be weird and not face the same social isolation.
- jstewartmobile 10y agoAs an alpha-nerd, social isolation is just a symptom. The pathology is that we started with a weak arm and a strong arm, and most of our parents and teachers downplayed the importance of the weak arm while encouraging us to work the absolute shit out of the strong one. Then they send us out into the world looking like teenagers who just discovered xtube. The world can smell weakness and throws loads of curve-balls at the weak arm, and most of us never notice because we're still too obsessed with the other arm.
- _null 10y agoTechnical skills have higher economic value but lower social status than skills in the arts. An eccentric painter or musician achieves a level of cachet that an eccentric programmer doesn't. Dysfunction has a certain glamour if you have artistic talent; there's no such thing as a tortured engineer.