I think the problem isn’t exactly that nerds care about reality and normals care about status games, but rather that different data structures are called for in different applications, and the reality vs. status games dichotomy is just one dimension of “different,” and a secondary one at that. See my post Data Structures.
I think the problem isn’t exactly that nerds care about reality and normals care about status games, but rather that different data structures are called for in different applications, and the reality vs. status games dichotomy is just one dimension of “different,” and a secondary one at that. See my post Data Structures.