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this is the author here ... ummm i'm pleasantly surprised to find my article on HN. anyways, here are two other articles that are probably better than mine on

this is the author here ... ummm i'm pleasantly surprised to find my article on HN. anyways, here are two other articles that are probably better than mine on this subject: - Why Nerds are Unpopular (i'm sure everyone knows this is by Paul Graham) http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html - Is there life after high school? (by a retired elderly man who went to high school 50 years ago but whose observations stand the test of time) http://www.stanford.edu/~pgbovine/after-high-school-guest-article.htm http://www.stanford.edu/~pgbovine/after-high-school-guest-ar...

bootload 17y ago
"... this is the author here ... ummm i'm pleasantly surprised to find my article on HN. anyways, here are two other articles that are probably better than mine on this subject ..." I added the post for a number of reasons. Lots of younger Nerds benefit from reading multiple viewpoints, yours, Alan Wayte ~ http://www.stanford.edu/~pgbovine/after-high-school-guest-article.htm http://www.stanford.edu/~pgbovine/after-high-school-guest-ar... and pg. The situation does not seem to be improving. Can anything be done? Popularity is now pervading the Internet and persisting on places on social networks like Facebook, where bonds formed in High School can be continued with all the same dynamics. The catch, the playground is now being defined by Nerds. Changing the real world might be hard but what about social networks modeled in software? The same "social-ineptness" that makes Nerds good at programming has so far meant replicating ineptness in software. This is a hard problem and a hint to creating tools to manage or navigate such networks might be found in the science behind "Small World Networks" ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-world_network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-world_network

bootload 17y ago

"... this is the author here ... ummm i'm pleasantly surprised to find my article on HN. anyways, here are two other articles that are probably better than mine on this subject ..." I added the post for a number of reasons. Lots of younger Nerds benefit from reading multiple viewpoints, yours, Alan Wayte ~ http://www.stanford.edu/~pgbovine/after-high-school-guest-article.htm http://www.stanford.edu/~pgbovine/after-high-school-guest-ar... and pg. The situation does not seem to be improving. Can anything be done? Popularity is now pervading the Internet and persisting on places on social networks like Facebook, where bonds formed in High School can be continued with all the same dynamics. The catch, the playground is now being defined by Nerds. Changing the real world might be hard but what about social networks modeled in software? The same "social-ineptness" that makes Nerds good at programming has so far meant replicating ineptness in software. This is a hard problem and a hint to creating tools to manage or navigate such networks might be found in the science behind "Small World Networks" ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-world_network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-world_network