In this age we are living, in this fiat and corrupt world, it's very hard for most people to understand the decision of a monk, or a foss programmer or anyone to make hard decisions to live on a principle or belief that requires giving up a lot of benefits material and on material. I think that's the biggest struggle of nerds for the same reason, it's sad because most of those people are unkown creators and contributors to society that dedicate a life to sometimes benefit the whole world, what a loliness being a nerd.