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| 9004430 | "The best way to measure the loss of intellectual sophistication - this "nerdification," to put it bluntly - is in the growing disappearance of sarcasm, as mechanic minds take insults a bit too literally." | intellectual-sophistication internet irony nerd nerdery nerdiness nerds post-ironic post-modern post-modernism reddit sophistication wisdom-vs-nerds wit | Nassim Nicholas Taleb |