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After putting a counter on this page yesterday and realizing that it was loaded within a day by three people who didn’t happen to be me, I feel vaguely obligated to place some new content here, if only for those three individuals who came to this page despite the fact that this page doesn’t appear in the search results from Google yet. Fortunately, I happen to have an item I came across which I felt deserved to be posted.

Thanks to Slashdot, I have just come across a piece from Paul Graham entitled “Why Nerds Are Unpopular”. It’s actually not just an analysis of “nerds”, but a fairly well-thought out perspective on the origin of the social dynamics that occur from junior high through the end of high school. It’s an interesting read - I highly recommend it if you have some time. It’s certainly not the standard perspective you will hear coming from an entrenched educational institution.

Of course, it is also possible that this page was visited three times by search robots. In that case, I hope they have the good sense to note the above link. Mr. Graham deserves an aftershock of Slashdotting for writing such a well-thought out piece.