Jonathan Harnisch’s Reviews > Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age > Status Update

A study on genius, what a bloody phenomenal book of intriguing essays I was particularly delighted with the opening essay "Why Nerds Are Unpopular" — "The computer world is like an intellectual Wild West, in which you can shoot anyone you wish with your ideas, if you're willing to risk the consequences. " --from Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, by Paul Graham via Amazon