Why Nerds are Unpopular

This is probably the most difficult period of life for an introvert, especially if you are socially awkward as well. You have to go to school every day, be around your peers all the time, speak in front of the class, etc. Moreover, most of the insecurities introverted people typically have are formed during this time. Teenagers don’t like those who

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 people value intelligence and cleverness without similarly valuing on-the-ground knowledge or intellectual rigor. People often discuss the standard trendy topics (some recent ones I've observed at multiple parties are how to build a competitor to Google search and how to solve the problem of high transit construction costs) and explain why pe... See more

Those of us who make our living in a field that demands certification from an elite school sometimes look down on these careers. We’ve decided that if our kid does not end up at MIT, then Google, we’ve failed as parents and a society. Too many of us have fetishized the information and tech industries to such an extent that we have shamed an entire

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