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You seem to be mixing up [1] geeks and nerds. What you describe is geeky rather than nerdy. What would be a nerdy approach to gym/fitness? Perhaps doing 10 yea
by dexen 12y ago
You seem to be mixing up [1] geeks and nerds. What you describe is geeky rather than nerdy.
What would be a nerdy approach to gym/fitness? Perhaps doing 10 years of research into what's the most efficient way of maintaining fitness and publishing a paper. Or perhaps building your own gym -- on the orbit, and commuting by a rocket of your own design.
[1] http://slackprop.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/on-geek-versus-nerd/ http://slackprop.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/on-geek-versus-ner...
- skizm 12y agoThe article says nerds are achievement oriented. That is textbook RPG player. All they care about is the next level, getting a sub 4 minute mile, the 100kg snatch, etc. Going to the gym is entirely achievement oriented. Side note: I think we're arguing semantics. If you draw a venn diagram of nerds and geek there would be so much overlap it is hardly practical to differentiate except in the rare instance when an activity falls into one category and not the other (which I don't think is the case here).