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Why is cult of personality so prevalent in the engineering / hacker community?
by kthejoker2 2y ago
Why is cult of personality so prevalent in the engineering / hacker community?
- grayhatter 2y agoit's not in hacker communities... hn is much more startup and pop culture, than hacker. still has the occasional diamond though.
- maxbond 2y agoAt this moment in history, those communities are awash in money and power. Cults of personality nucleate around the wealthy and powerful.
- pm90 2y agoBecause nerds don’t generally have any social capital and gravitate towards leaders that give them any by being in their orbit.
- djbusby 2y agoIt's more than just engineer community. Have seen it in art, music, clothing design, medTech, finTech and angel-money groups. I think it's just human condition to lean towards charismatic "leaders". Like, they're like you wanna be so...you love them.
- woopsn 2y agoPersonality seems to rule the product and venture capital side of things, and at the end of the day their side is in charge.
- m3kw9 2y agoThe personality is meaningless without the famous product
- ip26 2y agoThe rate of change in technology and wild scaling amplifies winning moves. Perhaps this helps the winning players appear superhuman.
- ein0p 2y agoBecause to glorify is human. Younger humans are particularly prone to this.
- Groxx 2y agoMoney. Absurd amounts of money.
- tbrownaw 2y agoNot even nerds can escape from the curse of celebretyism.