This is positively one of the most insightful reads I've had in a while (man did it made me crave Anthropology again).
I'm hideously tempted to spout oodles of endless commentary on this article. But I'd prefer that everyone read it themselves without all of my babbling tainting their opinion. Feel free to 'spout-off' in the comments, I may end up doing so before long ;)
Make sure you check out Paul Graham's follow-up comments which he links to at the bottom of his nerds page: http://www.paulgraham.com/renerds.html
Posted by: Michael K Campbell | April 20, 2004 at 03:52 PM