"Social intelligence" is a real thing, and it has a lot of applications. There's the observation, which can feed into skillsets needed for everything from writing/humanities to philosophy to social sciences, and there's the application, which can be used for public speaking, teaching, communications, politics, or any number of careers that require networking or presentation. I find it baffling that having the ability to observe and/or navigate social settings is for "stupid people". And you will not get far without it, because your ability to do the work, even very stereotypically "solitary" work like programming, is only going to get you so far if you cannot *communicate* about the work you do. And, frankly, people who do fit this stereotype of the obsessive, antisocial geek rely upon others who are able to communicate *for* them or *to* them in ways particular to their needs and the needs of those in their network. That is social intelligence, and that shit is valuable; we all depend on it in some way or another, whether or not we have it. Sheesh.
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"Social intelligence" is a real thing, and it has a lot of applications. There's the observation, which can feed into skillsets needed for everything from writing/humanities to philosophy to social sciences, and there's the application, which can be used for public speaking, teaching, communications, politics, or any number of careers that require networking or presentation. I find it baffling that having the ability to observe and/or navigate social settings is for "stupid people". And you will not get far without it, because your ability to do the work, even very stereotypically "solitary" work like programming, is only going to get you so far if you cannot *communicate* about the work you do. And, frankly, people who do fit this stereotype of the obsessive, antisocial geek rely upon others who are able to communicate *for* them or *to* them in ways particular to their needs and the needs of those in their network. That is social intelligence, and that shit is valuable; we all depend on it in some way or another, whether or not we have it. Sheesh.