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   Paul Graham: Why Nerds are Unpopular

   "As far as I can tell, the concept of the hormone-crazed teenager is coeval with suburbia…. Teenage apprentices in the Renaissance were working dogs. Teenagers now are neurotic lapdogs. Their craziness is the craziness of the idle everywhere."

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   • Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Saturday, 26-May-2012 22:11:08 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen

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     Susan Cain's take on nerd unpopularity: http://www.thepowerofintroverts.com/2011/02/24/why-nerds-are-unpopular-courtesy-of-paul-graham/