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What are the bastions of curiosity today? I'm always on the lookout for these. I would say HN is on net. I've heard Cambridge tends to be that way. Working at Y

What are the bastions of curiosity today? I'm always on the lookout for these. I would say HN is on net. I've heard Cambridge tends to be that way. Working at Ycombinator seems like it would be that way. I've heard Google used to be that way (maybe still is?)

AussieWog93 4y ago
In all seriousness, old guys. Join a local club or SIG. The retired guys you'll meet there have endless curiosity.
- wepple 4y ago
  Counter-point: Ham radio
  - AussieWog93 4y ago
    The only HAM radio guys I've ever come across (to be fair, as support/sales for a USB Oscilloscope) have been incredibly interested in and passionate about the theory and culture behind citizen band radio. I remember one of the guys, with no prompting, sharing a map with me showing that there was something like a 2 byte/second emergency radio link between wherever he was and Melbourne.
threatofrain 4y ago
People often complain that the JS world moves too fast and has too many frameworks. To me, bountiful boundary-pushing creations is the very smell of a creative community.
- Jensson 4y ago
  Creative developers makes their own frameworks for their apps, Javascript is different with how much people choose to depend upon new libraries all the time instead of solving simple problems themselves.
- the_third_wave 4y ago
  The problem with the ever-shifting tools in the JS world is that it more resembles a bad case of obsessive compulsive home remodelling disorder than a quest for a better tech infrastructure. There just is not that much to be curious about when the outcome is already known up-front: wherever this new framework decides to place the sofa and whatever trendy posters it places on the walls they're sure to come down and be moved during the next remodelling.
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- rizzom5000 4y ago
  Eh, I agree with your overall sentiment; but I cannot think of a worse example than the Javascript community. While there are genuine innovations being made, they aren't common and they rarely require the introduction of a new framework or library. When I think 'JS world' I immediately think of Sturgeon's Law (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law)
thatoneguy 4y ago
Making and having lots of friends and being willing to listen has always worked for me.
shocks 4y ago
3D printing and retro emulation communities?
omosubi 4y ago
The rationality community I'd say is very curious, on the whole - see astral codex ten, marginal revolution, lesswrong, etc Regardless of what you think of them it's hard to argue they aren't curious
rufus_foreman 4y ago
>> What are the bastions of curiosity today? Advertisers. They are intensely curious about how the human brain really works.
bsder 4y ago
> What are the bastions of curiosity today? Generally, any group making stuff that somehow hangs together even without profit motive. They make stuff--so they can't just only be "social". The group continues to exist--so people find it interesting enough to continue joining. It's not making a profit, so the group has to have something of worth beyond pure monetary value. The big problem right now is simply finding those groups because they often aren't advertising themselves.

AussieWog93 4y ago

In all seriousness, old guys. Join a local club or SIG. The retired guys you'll meet there have endless curiosity.

wepple 4y ago
Counter-point: Ham radio
- AussieWog93 4y ago
  The only HAM radio guys I've ever come across (to be fair, as support/sales for a USB Oscilloscope) have been incredibly interested in and passionate about the theory and culture behind citizen band radio. I remember one of the guys, with no prompting, sharing a map with me showing that there was something like a 2 byte/second emergency radio link between wherever he was and Melbourne.

threatofrain 4y ago

People often complain that the JS world moves too fast and has too many frameworks. To me, bountiful boundary-pushing creations is the very smell of a creative community.

Jensson 4y ago
Creative developers makes their own frameworks for their apps, Javascript is different with how much people choose to depend upon new libraries all the time instead of solving simple problems themselves.
the_third_wave 4y ago
The problem with the ever-shifting tools in the JS world is that it more resembles a bad case of obsessive compulsive home remodelling disorder than a quest for a better tech infrastructure. There just is not that much to be curious about when the outcome is already known up-front: wherever this new framework decides to place the sofa and whatever trendy posters it places on the walls they're sure to come down and be moved during the next remodelling.
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rizzom5000 4y ago
Eh, I agree with your overall sentiment; but I cannot think of a worse example than the Javascript community. While there are genuine innovations being made, they aren't common and they rarely require the introduction of a new framework or library. When I think 'JS world' I immediately think of Sturgeon's Law (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law)

thatoneguy 4y ago

Making and having lots of friends and being willing to listen has always worked for me.

shocks 4y ago

3D printing and retro emulation communities?

omosubi 4y ago

The rationality community I'd say is very curious, on the whole - see astral codex ten, marginal revolution, lesswrong, etc Regardless of what you think of them it's hard to argue they aren't curious

rufus_foreman 4y ago

>> What are the bastions of curiosity today? Advertisers. They are intensely curious about how the human brain really works.

bsder 4y ago

> What are the bastions of curiosity today? Generally, any group making stuff that somehow hangs together even without profit motive. They make stuff--so they can't just only be "social". The group continues to exist--so people find it interesting enough to continue joining. It's not making a profit, so the group has to have something of worth beyond pure monetary value. The big problem right now is simply finding those groups because they often aren't advertising themselves.