Love and war, American geek style

Literature relevant to the geek quest for love in a culture which worships luck and lies over all else.

Last updated 2-11-08

-- The politics of the playground: lack of athletic skill often means loneliness and peer rejection; ( alternate link)

-- Health Problems Related to the Geek Lifestyle

-- Why Intelligent People Tend To Be Unhappy

-- Why did this brilliant MIT student jump to his death?

-- A Note To Employers 8 Things Intelligent People, Geeks and Nerds Need To Work Happy

-- Why a career in computer programming sucks

-- Why a Career in Computer Programming Doesn’t Suck (A Response) « Former Slacker

-- Advice to Young Men from an Old Man

-- How to Build Self Confidence - WikiHow

-- The Outsiders

-- The 10 Most Connected Cities in the World

-- Why You're Not Getting Any (And How to Fix it)

"In the end...the human species was simply marketed out of existence..."

-- Superstimuli and the Collapse of Western Civilization

-- For Guy Virgins Basic Things No One Told Me About Sex

-- Geeks Are Not Whiny Elitists, They Are The Root of Our Society

-- Obsessive Geniuses Strive to Create Almost Human Robots -

-- Beta Males

-- It's Not You, It's Your Apartment

-- dork, nerd, dweeb, genius Salaries in New York - Free Salary Search

-- Ten Ways Being a Geek Makes You More Attractive

-- The World Needs More Rebels Like Einstein How nonconformity, not rote learning, unlocked his genius

-- Being A Male Virgin After High-School Isn't The End Of The World

-- Inside The Mind Of Guys Who Are Shy And Inexperienced With Women

-- Lucifer Chu's obscure interest in fantasy novels ended up making him an unlikely millionaire

-- 10 Reasons Why Tech Speak Is The Best Language To Learn. - Tilted Forum Project

-- PORN From the inside (Part 1 of 2) - Tilted Forum Project

-- Gifted Students Beat the Blues With Heavy Metal

-- Negotiation tips for geeks.

-- Young chess prodigy runs away, lives with stripper | Herald Sun

"I wish I could explain to men the reasons why women lead them on"

-- Love, Shame, and the Human Pecking Order

-- The Divine Proportion (includes an image of the mathematically perfect woman (NSFW))

-- How to Get Your Girlfriend to Play Video Games - WikiHow

-- Insufferable Clinginess, or Healthy Dependence? - New York Times

-- Love But Don't Touch Emotional infidelity is intense but invisible, erotic but unconsummated

-- The Effort Effect...you'll reach new heights if you learn to embrace the occasional tumble

-- The Case Against Perfection What's wrong with designer children, bionic athletes, and genetic engineering

-- The Hidden Side of Happiness Pleasure only gets you so far. A rich, rewarding life often requires a messy battle with adversity. By Kathleen McGowan; Mar/Apr 2006; psychologytoday.com

-- Your true chances of getting rich in America by J.R. Mooneyham; jmooneyham.com; available online 3-11-07

-- The nature of luck by J.R. Mooneyham; jmooneyham.com; available online 3-11-07

-- The astonishing decline of America by J.R. Mooneyham; jmooneyham.com; available online 3-11-07

-- Dr Paul Irwing: 'There are twice as many men as women with an IQ of 120-plus' Interview by Nick Jackson; 30 November 2006; education.independent.co.uk

Rise of the Soft Man Used to be men had only one thing on their minds. But these days, complains the author, they all seem to have a headache. By Ariel Levy; October 23, 2000 issue of New York Magazine; nymag.com

-- How Feminism Ruined My Sex Life December 1st, 2006; violentacres.com

-- How feminism destroyed real men | the Daily Mail possibly by Nirpal Dhaliwal; 4th August 2006; dailymail.co.uk

-- Social Psychologist Debunks Myths of Singles and Singlehood; December 13, 2006; physorg.com

"men have a 4- to 5-point IQ advantage over women by adulthood"

-- Men are smarter than women — or not; October 14, 2006; seattletimes.nwsource.com

-- People Judge in the Blink of an Eye By LiveScience Staff; 22 August 2006; livescience.com

-- Sex and compassion; September 20th, 2006; sexinthepublicsquare.wordpress.com

-- 10 Top Tech Towns Using algorithms snuck out of Google and NASA, we did the math to find the nation's geek meccas. by Patrick Di Justo; January 2007; wired.com

-- Americans Spend More Time With PCs Than Spouses; blogs.pcworld.com; January 23, 2007

-- Are Entrepreneurs The New Studs on Campus? How One Guy Used a Startup to Overcome His Shyness; February 08, 2007; businesspundit.com

-- Female Gamers Have More Sex Posted by Susan Arendt; February 13, 2007; blog.wired.com

-- The Romantic Life of Brainiacs College-educated, highly successful women have long had a reputation for marrying less (and having lousier sex). But in a historic reversal of past trends, these women now triumph in matrimony. A marriage historian explains. - The Boston Globe By STEPHANIE COONTZ; February 18, 2007; boston.com

"A person's "attachment style" forms in childhood, based on a child's relationship with his or her parents. It affects and is further shaped by romantic relationships later in life..."

"...found associations between insecure attachment and certain skin diseases related to immune dysfunction. These include plaque psoriasis, a condition where scaly patches form on the skin, and alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss."

-- Insecure relationships may drain immune system - Yahoo! News By Amy Norton; Feb 13, 2007; news.yahoo.com; Reuters

-- Why Geeks Make Good Lovers; awkwardthingsisaytogirls.com; available online 3-8-07

-- Why Geeks and Nerds Are Worth It...; 2005-04-03; craigslist.org

-- Looking for love, but used for sex by Peter Morris; November 6, 2006; lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk

-- Too close for comfort: Pheromone crush blinds high school geek to the dream girl already his for the taking (story inspired by actual events).

-- Heartbreaker: Geek hot-rodder finds his soul mate. Naturally, tragedy ensues (story inspired by actual events).

-- The ultimate science fiction novel for geeks: College geek gets the ride of a lifetime.