I know a lot of people who were nerds in school, and they all tell the same story: there is a strong correlation between being smart and being a nerd, and an even stronger inverse correlation between being a nerd and being popular. Being smart seems to make you unpopular.
This sort of banal observation seems to be at least 20 years old by the time of his writing. I’m curious why Graham chooses to start his book in this way, given the current emptiness of the observation, and the cliche status at ToW. Entire chapter is about people, quotes in blue.
