>The only way out for us is to follow Rogue's mom's advice: "Have you tried not being a nerd?" Tried and failed for decades, yes. Turns out caring for your cra

>The only way out for us is to follow Rogue's mom's advice: "Have you tried not being a nerd?" Tried and failed for decades, yes. Turns out caring for your craft makes you a nerd. Turn out what people want is to stay in their lane and simply want "the fries in the bag", with no curiosity on what's in the fries or bag as long as it tastes good. I refuse to stop caring in this otherwise uncaring world. Now what? >You may bristle and think the above is not true, but your boss or skip-level manager probably thinks it's true, and the C suite absolutely does It is true. What this ultiamtely breaks down to is simple: Nerds are thinkers, and thinkers question. The context here is in tech and automation, but that's a trend that extends to a lot of systems and societies. Those in power hate the thinkers, they hate the questions. They will suppress it for as long as possible. Use this lens in other kinds of communities and you see the pattern pops up everytime. To "stop being a nerd" in this context is akin to saying "stop questioning the system and exploit it like the rest of us".