I think very few people celebrate scientific/technical achievements. Those people weren’t celebrating the achievement per se, but their country/nation or perhaps the individual(s) who did that. Feelings of national (and sometimes even individual) pride are becoming more and more politically incorrect; so as the sense of belonging fades away people also celebrate less and less
I think while there are many who feel uncomfortable showing national pride specifically, there’s still capacity for collective pride- just a different collective, not the nation
Since national pride is decreasing, the pride of scientific accomplishments seem to be mainly relegated to, well, the scientists themselves—geeks and nerds.
That reminds me of this Scott Aaronson post (https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=87). Unless the science “culture” changes or everyone else does, it seems like there will be a limit on the amount of people who would be willing to celebrate technical achievements.
I think very few people celebrate scientific/technical achievements. Those people weren’t celebrating the achievement per se, but their country/nation or perhaps the individual(s) who did that. Feelings of national (and sometimes even individual) pride are becoming more and more politically incorrect; so as the sense of belonging fades away people also celebrate less and less
I think while there are many who feel uncomfortable showing national pride specifically, there’s still capacity for collective pride- just a different collective, not the nation
Since national pride is decreasing, the pride of scientific accomplishments seem to be mainly relegated to, well, the scientists themselves—geeks and nerds.
That reminds me of this Scott Aaronson post (https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=87). Unless the science “culture” changes or everyone else does, it seems like there will be a limit on the amount of people who would be willing to celebrate technical achievements.