"Coolness is a nonconformist balance that manages to square circles and to personify paradoxes."

"Going with the masses is as uncool as being overly eccentric."

"In a phrase: the cool person lives in a constant state of alienation."

From 'What Does It Mean To Be Cool?' https://philosophynow.org/issues/80/...ean_To_Be_Cool

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Is it possible to have the symptoms but not the condition?