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		paganel on April 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in compa... There is also this often link-to essay by Paul Graham, called "revenge of the nerds" [1], that was also one of the reasons why I wrote about the situation in US high-schools (of which I have no direct experience). [1] http://www.paulgraham.com/icad.html

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Frankly I find it difficult to figure out how the essay relates to the subject. Care to expand on it a bit?

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