[Exilibur]

Very nice article indeed.

I think he tends to generelize, but this article is far too long to critize it without a tremendeous effort, so I
m just gonna leave it with some general comments...

I don't belive being nerd is that much easier in real life. Being a writer, he is in a position where he works alone, and thus avoids a social hierachy, but that's not the rule generally, and to think grown ups don't pick on each other would be naive. (he actually stresses this, although i don't think he follows the point up)

Another comment is that I being a nerd doesn't really have any trouble interacting in a social hierachy. He is very black/white when it comes to this, and i don't think the two things are as directly related. I've seen a lot of smart and popular guys. And although my schooltime hasn't been easy all the time (i've been pretty geeky at times) that hasn't meant that i haven't been able to interact with other people... I don't think it's a problem with smartness as much as it is a problem with shyness (or ability to behave in social situations), and i feel like he is confusing those two things.