Nerd culture is murdering intellectuals
Nerd culture is murdering intellectualsNerdom is great. . . but at what cost?Erik HoelNov 09, 2023960162145ShareArt for The Intrinsic Perspective is by Alexander NaughtonA fact that never ceases to amaze me: due to the Marvel movies, a lot of moms know who Thanos is. What I mean is that as a teenager in the early 2000s I personally knew why the Avengers were always fighting big purple Thanos because I sometimes read comic books. But back then I never would have expected a mom (mythic figures of great power, actual adults) to share this knowledge.
- ▪Nerd culture is murdering intellectualsNerdom is great. . . but at what cost?Erik HoelNov 09, 2023960162145ShareArt for The Intrinsic Perspective is by Alexander NaughtonA fact that never ceases to amaze me: due to the Marvel movies, a lot
- ▪What I mean is that as a teenager in the early 2000s I personally knew why the Avengers were always fighting big purple Thanos because I sometimes read comic books.
- ▪But back then I never would have expected a mom (mythic figures of great power, actual adults) to share this knowledge.
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Nerd culture is murdering intellectualsNerdom is great. . . but at what cost?Erik HoelNov 09, 2023960162145ShareArt for The Intrinsic Perspective is by Alexander NaughtonA fact that never ceases to amaze me: due to the Marvel movies, a lot of moms know who Thanos is. No offense to moms! What I mean is that as a teenager in the early 2000s I personally knew why the Avengers were always fighting big purple Thanos because I sometimes read comic books. But back then I never would have expected a mom (mythic figures of great power, actual adults) to share this knowledge. Back then, Thanos existed only in overwrought pages like this:sourceNow I’m one of the adults and suddenly everyone is a nerd. In fact, nerdom is one of our last uniting cultural forces.
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