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“I was viewed as smart, as a nerd, not as a good guy or a bad guy,” said Sam. “Not really viewed as a person. Smart and inoffensive and maybe not all that human.” Worse, he didn’t totally disagree with his classmates’ assessment. “I didn’t feel misunderstood. I felt like their half-assed guesses were in the right ballpark.”
Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
The internet: always proving that you’re not quite as special as you suspected.
Robin Sloan • Sourdough: A Novel
'What Do You Care What Other People Think?': Further Adventures of a Curious Character
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Merely understanding the situation they're in should make it less painful. Nerds aren't losers. They're just playing a different game, and a game much closer to the one played in the real world.