“Nerds Rule The World”

Nerds recognize nerds. So when a friend of mine revealed the slogan of “nerds rule rule world” is what he tells his son, at the time I didn’t quite understand it. Maybe I was slow.
His argument was that due to technology all around us and the curators and creators of it that nerds actually ruled the world. This explanation was put into a mantra to teach and motivate his son to be unapologetically smart. To think outside the box and create something that helps propel humankind forward.
I didn’t get it then, back in 2001. After all, Bill Gates was the only “nerd” I knew of at that time. I thought athletes and entertainers ruled the world. Everyone knows them.
Here in 2017 with tech startups birthing million and billionaires, how could one not see how nerds rule?
I don’t know if my friend still tells his son that. And frankly it doesn’t matter. I just thank him from a distance for giving me insight that I can now tell my own sons.
