Note 1- it is a good idea to do at the very beginning what others expect you to do only at the end.

[Footnote on previous. Looks like we don’t agree on what a nerd is. To me someone who leans towards explicit knowledge, cannot understand anything vague and implicit. Hates ambiguity. Fits the so-called Asperger frame (they tend to be future blind). They lack in social skills because humans are too ambiguous, etc.]

Question. At no point in history did nerds play a large role (intellectual influence, social & economic power), outside academia & narrow exceptions (bill gates). Is my statement true? Can this change? If so, would such world be sustainable? Would it implode? (Pls note the distinction nerd v/s nonnerd intellectuals).

What we call competence in an area is often nothing else but the result of incompetence in another. For instance competence in a nerd profession is often the side effect of the inability to understand (& feel) human affairs, & capture nuances. But not always…