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David Brooks: And the geek shall inherit the earth
- queensnake 18y agoWhat warmed-over yestershite is that? Boo.
- yef 18y agoPlease bring Krugman back...
- Alex3917 18y agoKrugman beat up Brooks and made him do his column. Brooks in turn apparently did the same thing to Safire.
- edw519 18y agoHow could an article about nerds miss the central point? From "Revenge of the Nerds": http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/r/revenge-of-the-nerds-script.html http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/r/revenge-of-the-... - That was wonderful. - You did things to me you've never done before. (gasps) - You're that nerd! - Yeah. - God, you were wonderful. - Thanks. - Are all nerds as good as you? - Yes. - How come? - Cos all jocks think about is sports. - All we ever think about is sex.
- mynameishere 18y agoMore magic from the pen of bobo. His words are like spun gold in a grim world.
- neilc 18y agoWhy the hate? I thought it was a fairly well-written article.
- mynameishere 18y agoLordy, if I was grading a 10th grade English composition that ended with this: For as it is written, the last shall be first and the geek shall inherit the earth. ...I just don't know how I'd react. Maybe by quitting. I guess the poll of "conservative" columnists is slim in NYC, but please, let's have someone who avoid writing op-eds that end in "For Better or For Worse"-style puns.
- mnemonicsloth 18y agoHa. Right this minute (~12PM EDT) this article is one spot below an old link to a very old XKCD strip about hanging on to your idealism. (America's Paper of Record) < (paint-program stick figures)
- senthil_rajasek 18y agoI can pass this on to my non-geek friends and griends (short for girl friends). Writing is an art.