Jonathan's Musings

Paul Graham is my new favourite writer!

Besides his great article on startups (discussed in my previous post), he has a number of other "essays" on his site which I opened while reading the article on startups.

The first article I read of those opened was entitled "Why Nerds are so Unpopular".

It is an extremely insightful discussion of the modern schooling system and a look at the social maneuverings of the various groups in it (Nerds, Freaks and the popular kids).

Being part of the Nerd group at school, I always felt out of place, and felt that life would really start once I had got all this stupidity out of the way! While I probably always innately knew I was right and knew the reasons for my seeming separation, I never dwelled on it.

This article puts into words what I always felt, but never truly expressed.

If you were/are a nerd, read this article.

If you are a nerd still in school, why are you still reading my post?