Paul Graham - Why Nerds Are Unpopular Thoughts about Why Nerds Are Unpopular by Paul Graham. Before we dive into this, this was written in 2003. This was when Paul Graham was 38, when he was not married or have kids. This is also a rather long essay… Thoughts along the way We sat at a D table, as low as you could get without looking physically different. We were not being especially candid to…