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And tech people tend to be much more willing to spend time&effort "optimizing" their choices to fit their values than the average population. At least for "small to medium" choices - not sure about raising children.

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Are we? I'm severely skeptical of this. Tech people tend to be financially secure so we can afford to pay more for stuff we care about, but I doubt we're significantly more opinionated and value-driven that the average population on average.

https://xkcd.com/610/

I don't follow? I wasn't implying that this is a good thing, or that it makes tech people special, and certainly not that it makes them superior.

Edit: here's an xkcd more relevant to what I meant: https://xkcd.com/309/

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