Intellectual Snob Meetup Debate Chap XX-- Simplicity vs. Technology

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/d/6/1/c/event_12834812.jpegWe have quite a few last minute signups. BE ON TIME, if you don't know Harvard Sq. you may get caught in a maze of inescapable one- way streets. Grendels fills up fast because the special is so popular.

INTELLECTUAL SNOB w/ Nerd Fun 20th MEETUP !!

Note, the Red Line will be closed between Alewife &Harvard (there will be shuttle buses). Boston to Harvard = routine service. Harvard Sq. parking: = the Charles Hotel parking garage.

Welcome to this 20th Nerd Fun snob endeavor, in the heart of intellectual snobbery, Harvard Sq. Be there or be Sq. Grendels offers a half price food menu with the purchase of a $3.00 drink.

Have computers really simplified things?

It used to be things were simple & uncomplicated. People lived near where they worked & bought locally provided goods. They communicated doorstep to doorstep not online. There was lot of paper, but computers were unnecessary.

What will happen if the computer system is knocked out somehow (Solar Storm etc.)?

Will people know simple survival techniques or is this now lost in a world of complexity?

You don't have to be a genuine Intellectual snob to join. Pseudo-intellectuals are also welcome. All you need is an aloof attitude full of irony and some baffling intellectual ideas or--dare I say it--some unanswered question you wish to convey incognito.

In honor of this being our 20th Nerd Fun Psuedo-intellectual event, I'll repost a link posted to our very first one (May 26 2010)!
http://www.okcupid.com/tests/the-pseudo-intellectual-test

The premise = to share your intellectual baffling snob idea or question on an index card & pool the cards in a basket (provided) from which other snobs read aloud, if appropriate.

Humor in GOOD TASTE: ALLOWED. Intellectual apparel: allowed. Startle the waitstaff with a fake mustache, goatee, periwig, or monocle. Fold-up sunglasses, corduroy jackets w/ elbow patches: allowed. No Meerschaum tabacco pipes please. Absinthe is not served.

Please bring cash.

When settling the bill, make sure and add 25% of what you are spending for tax and gratuity!