Yes, I knew about them. I try to shorten them it in everything I do, from my vocabulary register to the concepts I use, which I try to make as rent-paying and empirical as possible. It’s heavier work than I foresaw.
This has moved me from “impossible-to-understand nerd who talks down to you from an impenetrable ivory tower” to “that creepy guy who talks in punches and has strange ideas that make sense”. Or, if you will, from a Sheldon Cooper to a coolness-impaired Tyler Durden. Socially, it wasn’t a big gain.
Yes, I knew about them. I try to shorten them it in everything I do, from my vocabulary register to the concepts I use, which I try to make as rent-paying and empirical as possible. It’s heavier work than I foresaw.
This has moved me from “impossible-to-understand nerd who talks down to you from an impenetrable ivory tower” to “that creepy guy who talks in punches and has strange ideas that make sense”. Or, if you will, from a Sheldon Cooper to a coolness-impaired Tyler Durden. Socially, it wasn’t a big gain.