I read a lot of books, but I rarely, if ever, write reviews for them. Why? Well, honesty, it’s because I don’t really have the time to do so. Because of this, only the best of the best of what I’m reading gets mentioned on the posts of my blog (although you can see what I’m currently reading on the right of the site or if you like you can subscribe to the RSS feed).

Currently, one of the books that I’m reading is Paul Graham’s Hackers and Painters – Big Ideas from the Computer Age. I’m still only in the first chapter and it is so profoundly insightful that I had to stop and blog about it.

The chapter, titled Why Nerds are Unpopular, sums up what’s wrong with American public school systems to a tee. I wish I had this as a guide when I was in middle and high school.

If you haven’t read this book already, get it and dig in. You won’t be disappointed.