Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

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The best way to measure the loss of intellectual sophistication – this “nerdification,” to put it bluntly – is in the growing disappearance of sarcasm, as mechanic minds take insults a bit too literally.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

autism intellectual-sophistication internet irony nerd nerdery nerdiness nerds post-ironic post-modern post-modernism reddit sophistication wisdom-vs-nerds wit

The best way to measure the loss of intellectual sophistication – this “nerdification,” to put it bluntly – is in the growing disappearance of sarcasm, as mechanic minds take insults a bit too literally.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

autism intellectual-sophistication internet irony nerd nerdery nerdiness nerds post-ironic post-modern post-modernism reddit sophistication wisdom-vs-nerds wit

The best way to measure the loss of intellectual sophistication – this “nerdification,” to put it bluntly – is in the growing disappearance of sarcasm, as mechanic minds take insults a bit too literally.