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Jassul's avatar

It takes the nerd to focus and master the end goal, but it takes the anti-nerd (marty) to bring the goal to the social use by mankind. And most of the time they steal the credit!

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Lee LeFever's avatar

Yep. This is also the dynamic that works for startups: the technical founder (nerdy) and the CEO.

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James Sherrett's avatar

Thank you for the post. Two thoughts sprung from reading it.

1. I'm just reading Going Infinite by Michael Lewis about the rise and fall of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried. Your description of nerd tendencies and inclinations could not be more spot on for a character. I think you'd enjoy reading it and seeing the parallels.

2. Have you ever heard of the book The Status Game by Will Storr? The subtitle is "On Human Life and How to Play It" and I think in the context of this post it could be seen as an attempt (successful too, I'd say) to codify the invisible rules of status in our culture.

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Lee LeFever's avatar

Thanks, James! I'm a huge fan of Michael Lewis and will add this to my list. When I think about this subject, SBF and the FTX gang come to mind. I'd love to learn more.

Same with The Status Game; it sounds like a perfect fit.

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