Please note that this is a comment on a specific remark, and is not meant to make it seem as though that invalidates the rest of the text - I’m mainly intereste

Please note that this is a comment on a specific remark, and is not meant to make it seem as though that invalidates the rest of the text - I’m mainly interested in the subconscious reason why things are the way they are. > I wish more successful men in tech thought deeply about the advantages they’ve had I think the reason many take annoyance with this particular opinion (at least I do), that men had it easy, is rooted in how “nerds” were viewed growing up, and how that has changed over time with public known successes such as Zuckerburg or Musk. I’m only 24, and even I remember growing up with being interested in programming in no way being an attractive thing to be. If I revealed to people what I did I would be called a “nerd” with a bit of a disproving look. Luckily for me, I was quite good at socializing also, but many definitely didn’t have that and suffered social stigma for it. Even the friends I was gaming with didn’t quite understand my interest in that area, so I mostly relied on myself with few to no peers to discuss that particular subject with. This is obsviously anecdotal and I would be interested in hearing how people had it growing up with these interests, from both sides obviously. Now, that said, we are definitely in another age currently. These days with the success of Silicon Valley, Facebook, heck even The Big Bang Theory, our culture has shifted to a glorification of the field, and as such we have a clash of what the 24+ (or there about a) generation grew up facing, and them now being called privileged and being told they had it oh so easy, basically casting aside all those struggles they had growing up. I guess my point is, with is a more general point, promoting equality by bringing down another group, is a fundamentally wrong way to go about things. You don’t get the bars at the same place by making it worse for one group, you do it by making it better for the other group (see they distinction?). Anyways, I’m interested to know what people think :)