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Racer eigo (eigo)
Race Number 278
Date Sun, 5 Jun 2016 07:03:59 +0000
Speed 48 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 93.2%
Rank 2nd place (out of 5)
Opponents aglxfp (4th place) eatingsu (5th place)

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Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requires. Unless they also happen to be good-looking, natural athletes, or siblings of popular kids, they'll tend to become nerds. And that's why smart people's lives are worst between, say, the ages of eleven and seventeen. Life at that age revolves far more around popularity than before or after.
Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age (book) by Paul Graham (see stats)