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Why Nerds Are Unpopular

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the half-sterile-and-half-feral dept.

AccordionGuy writes "Paul Graham, who's known for his writings on Lisp and other Lisp-like languages as well as his essays on combatting spam has taken a bit of a detour from his usual topics. His latest essay is one that's a little more personal and that we can all relate to: Why Nerds Are Unpopular . It's a lengthy but engaging writeup of that chamber of horrors we call high school and why being smarter than the average bear is more of a liability than an asset during that stage in life. It's food for thought for those of us who've already been there, done that and been stuffed into lockers by the football team and it should give some hope to those who are going through it right now."

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  1. they never shoved me into lockers... by intermodal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    that would have made it more difficult for them to throw rocks at my head.

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  2. Re:Nerd != Smart by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And he says as much in the article. RTFA