nerds [!]
everyday creativity is not just "there"
nerdom: "being deeply invested in something"
a celebration of nerds
- like the knitting nerd who got a tattoo of a knitting ball
- knitting nerds as the symbol of nerdom
- like knitting nerds who make sweaters from the hair of their pets
- or topology knitting nerds
what about metal nerds?
food nerds
a network of nerds, a web of nerds, a fractal of nerds, a jungle of nerds!
but people are probably not on the extremes of all possible nerd paths
but the decisions seem logical, and even moral
nerd war!
- details are an important thing, sometimes
- but you do need to start somewhere, sometime
coercion
- for many years mixed up with ideas of dirty hippies
- so how do we find ways to negotiate out of the nerd war?
examples of nerd wars, good and bad
[this is essentially an argument about essentialism and the varying importance of extreme positions]
so how do we find platforms for sharing what we care about that do not bring about nerd war?
nerdiversity!
- ex: ArtBots
- ex: dorkbot
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