> Wolfram's self tic is a thing, but the strange way that internet reactions crystallize on it is also a thing. In fact, it's a mirror image of the same thing.
This is the Wolfram effect: when one person's unusually conspicuous status-seeking behaviour in turn triggers the status preoccupations of a large number of people who usually aren't so bad about it themselves.
This is the Wolfram effect: when one person's unusually conspicuous status-seeking behaviour in turn triggers the status preoccupations of a large number of people who usually aren't so bad about it themselves.