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Trying to figure out how to be cool by going as far as to write an academic paper is decidedly uncool
I think the term for this would be "poser", the not cool sub segment of the cool kids.
It’s something I realized a long time ago about humans. Resources and opportunities go where they are least needed. Want high social status? Your best bet is to need absolutely nothing from anyone. Coolness, in its original sense, is about never caring too much because you will never need to. People are drawn to what doesn’t care about them; they assume the response they get will be objective.
This makes a ton of evolutionary sense. Success begets success. Those that don't need outside help are successful; those that cooperate and build on it are more successful. Unfortunately, it also leads to local maxima- those that are good at gathering from neighbors and happen to have good neighbors reach highest success, regardless of their own intrinsic ability. Neither "Attempt to split success equally so everyone…
> Two very rich and eccentric brothers spot him and give him an envelope with no information. Seeing money inside the envelope, Henry immediately heads for a cheap dining house and eats a meal; afterward, he discovers that the money is a single bank note for one million pounds sterling, the equivalent of $5 million in United States currency. Without knowing it at the time, Henry has become the subject of a £20,000 bet between the brothers. One believes that the mere possession of the bank note can enable a person to survive even with no other means of support, while the other feels that the holder will be unable to use it without drawing the authorities' suspicions.
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Scientifically analyzing a phenomenon to break down its underlying principles and optimize it is a sign of capability, the one attribute found to be equally cool and good. And can be quite cool in some contexts.
Just as the blind will never understand color, the nerd will never understand cool.
According to my own findings, there is minimal intersection between the group of cool people and the group of people who read coolness research.
You can be funny, or cool, but not both. -- The Rock
>Cool people are largely perceived to be extroverted, hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open and autonomous.
I noticed there's no word such as smart, bright, clever or wise mentioned in the sentence above. Just an observation, nothing else.
I’m sure lol…
According to my own findings, there is minimal intersection between the group of cool people and the group of people who read coolness research.
well, you said "minimal", so not strictly empty right? ;) """ But Bezos was dissatisfied with that simplistic conclusion and applied his usual analytical sensibility to parse out why some companies were loved and others feared. Rudeness is not cool. Defeating tiny guys is not cool. Close-following is not cool. Young is cool. Risk taking is cool. Winning is cool. Polite is cool. Defeating bigger, unsympathetic guys is…