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This drama arc of “I used to be so pure and good, but others made me evil” is so tiring.

I really miss the nerd profile who cared a lot more about tech and science, and a lot less about signaling their righteousness.

How did we get so religious/narcissistic so quickly and as a whole?

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One might argue that this corresponds to the general shift of the political left towards these things. Old pre-turn-of-century tech was a much more libertarian left. Notice how a lot of the 50-something gen-X CEOs (and others) were once "left" but are now hated by that group, and more likely to go over to Trumpism. Obvious case in point: Elon

The entire playing field is kinda dissapointing, left or right. Which do you wanna be, self-righteous preening snob or batshit macho man?

I'm going for a blend, myself

> How did we get so religious/narcissistic so quickly and as a whole?

We built a behemoth that rewards attention whoring and anti social behavior with money.

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