<![CDATA[1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world!]]>1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world!

2020s: Nope.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/b2c68407-b2a8-4d5d-94c1-880efc78a4d6/1990s-things-would-be-better-if-the-nerds-ruled-the-worldRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 00:13:26 GMTMon, 11 May 2026 23:35:37 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 10:33:36 GMT]]>@thomasbeagle idk, these are nazis, not nerds. nerds are smart?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/0x00string/statuses/116561151022113277https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/0x00string/statuses/116561151022113277Tue, 12 May 2026 10:33:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 09:32:08 GMT]]>@thomasbeagle ๐Ÿ™‚ Somehow, billionaire nerds manage to pick all the wrong role models โ€” I mean, non-billionaire readers really donโ€™t jump to the conclusion that a palantรญr in every street corner of Minas Tirith is the way to make Gondor great again.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/strutsulf/statuses/116560909309499679https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/strutsulf/statuses/116560909309499679Tue, 12 May 2026 09:32:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 09:14:17 GMT]]>@Elizafox @thomasbeagle I wish people read and understood Cyberpunk novels instead of liking the aesthetics of them. William Gibson was scathing in his critique of Capitalism.

โ€œAnd, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human.โ€
โ€• William Gibson, Count Zero

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Benaresh/statuses/116560839171066383https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Benaresh/statuses/116560839171066383Tue, 12 May 2026 09:14:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 09:08:24 GMT]]>@thomasbeagle turns out whoever the ruling class is, they're still rulers

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://types.pl/users/flippac/statuses/116560816039221258https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://types.pl/users/flippac/statuses/116560816039221258Tue, 12 May 2026 09:08:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 08:53:04 GMT]]>@thomasbeagle "If you took the most ardent revolutionary, vested him in absolute power, within a year he would be worse than the Tsar himself."

Mikhail Bakunin "God and the State" (1871)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Benaresh/statuses/116560755722687359https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Benaresh/statuses/116560755722687359Tue, 12 May 2026 08:53:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 08:29:38 GMT]]>@skjeggtroll @Elizafox I read that as "Heinlein" and his ilk. ๐Ÿ˜€

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/thomasbeagle/statuses/116560663591387987https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/thomasbeagle/statuses/116560663591387987Tue, 12 May 2026 08:29:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 08:09:40 GMT]]>@Elizafox @thomasbeagle

"Most sci-fi authors"? I think that's your preconceived biases speaking.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/skjeggtroll/statuses/116560585049042106https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/skjeggtroll/statuses/116560585049042106Tue, 12 May 2026 08:09:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 07:51:40 GMT]]>@thomasbeagle @nycki

they're not nerds. they're investors cultivating a nerd image

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://don.linxx.net/users/kami_kadse/statuses/116560514270878255https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://don.linxx.net/users/kami_kadse/statuses/116560514270878255Tue, 12 May 2026 07:51:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 07:51:12 GMT]]>@thomasbeagle @Niall he is a Tech Bro, we are not the same

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/kennergf/statuses/116560512457180940https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/kennergf/statuses/116560512457180940Tue, 12 May 2026 07:51:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 07:48:16 GMT]]>@thomasbeagle @ojala Nerds aren't ruling the world ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lile.cl/users/carloshr/statuses/116560500916839363https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lile.cl/users/carloshr/statuses/116560500916839363Tue, 12 May 2026 07:48:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 07:21:25 GMT]]>@Elizafox I know, we were wrong! So very wrong.

Hell, I was once a libertarian myself until I grew up.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/thomasbeagle/statuses/116560395343280239https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/thomasbeagle/statuses/116560395343280239Tue, 12 May 2026 07:21:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 06:28:57 GMT]]>@thomasbeagle that was a good movie.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Renaigh/statuses/116560188999523137https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Renaigh/statuses/116560188999523137Tue, 12 May 2026 06:28:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 06:14:25 GMT]]>@thomasbeagle They picked the wrong nerds. Put train nerds in charge!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/14mission/statuses/116560131896357067https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/14mission/statuses/116560131896357067Tue, 12 May 2026 06:14:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 05:13:10 GMT]]>@thomasbeagle Have you ever seen the politics of your average nerd??? Like holy shit I am appalled by your average nerd's politics. Most of the ones that aren't libertarians are technofascists. You think people would know that by looking at the politics of most sci-fi authors.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/Elizafox/statuses/116559891049570880https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/Elizafox/statuses/116559891049570880Tue, 12 May 2026 05:13:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 04:24:36 GMT]]>@thomasbeagle @Taco_lad Technofascists arenโ€™t nerds.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/wendinoakland/statuses/116559700093202333https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/wendinoakland/statuses/116559700093202333Tue, 12 May 2026 04:24:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 04:13:45 GMT]]>@thomasbeagle HACK THE PLANET!

No. nonononono
NOT LIKE THAT]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.bsdlab.au/objects/6c5ce622-f6cb-47cb-8ba7-92c6bac42540https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.bsdlab.au/objects/6c5ce622-f6cb-47cb-8ba7-92c6bac42540Tue, 12 May 2026 04:13:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 03:42:49 GMT]]>@thomasbeagle
"There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long: People."
--Spider Jerusalem

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116559535748409175https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116559535748409175Tue, 12 May 2026 03:42:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 02:21:01 GMT]]>@nycki Zuckerberg, Gates, Musk, the Googles, Ellison... they're all nerds.

Bezos and Cook may not be native nerds but they're uncool enough to qualify. ๐Ÿ˜€

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/thomasbeagle/statuses/116559214091801681https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/thomasbeagle/statuses/116559214091801681Tue, 12 May 2026 02:21:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 02:13:49 GMT]]>@thomasbeagle@mastodon.nz i dont think the billionaires count as "nerds" if they're not building trains or theme parks or something. i dont think they're even computer literate? these are still jocks.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://critters.gay/notes/am5k9qgafov90czthttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://critters.gay/notes/am5k9qgafov90cztTue, 12 May 2026 02:13:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 01:49:34 GMT]]>@Niall Musk for sure is a nerd. Trump might be one of the symptoms/outcomes of the nerd takeover (i.e. the Facebook problem).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/thomasbeagle/statuses/116559090430320740https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/thomasbeagle/statuses/116559090430320740Tue, 12 May 2026 01:49:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 1990s: Things would be better if the nerds ruled the world! on Tue, 12 May 2026 01:00:58 GMT]]>@thomasbeagle are you calling Trump & Musk nerds?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/Niall/statuses/116558899341622623https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/Niall/statuses/116558899341622623Tue, 12 May 2026 01:00:58 GMT