• From: "Liam R. E. Quin" <liam@f...>
• To: stephengreenubl@g..., Uche Ogbuji <uche@o...>
• Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 14:54:32 -0400

On Tue, 2019-04-02 at 17:23 +0100, Stephen D Green wrote:
> Surprising you don’t tend to hear politicians called geeks

Justin Trudeau here in Canada gets called a geek or nerd. The famous
example was after “explaining” quantum computing in a live QA session,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eak_ogYMprk
but there are plenty of others, e.g.
https://www.utoronto.ca/news/trudeau-gets-his-geek-u-t-talking-ai-and-canada-s-future

In a way his charasmatic looks and geekfly behaviour have alienated him
from the working class here, though: from those who distrust
intellectuals.

Liam


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• References:
  • Call yourself a geek?
    • From: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@g...>
  • Re: Call yourself a geek?
    • From: Uche Ogbuji <uche@o...>
  • Re: Call yourself a geek?
    • From: Stephen D Green <stephengreenubl@g...>