Will The Popularity Of Geekdom Harm Society?
from the it's-everywhere dept
Last week, we wrote about how being a geek was cool. Now, a writer for Salon is wondering if mainstream geek coolness is bad for society. While pointing out all the obvious non-geek, non-dork celebrities who claim they're also geeks and dorks, he wonders if the typical geek-motivation will be gone. The idea is that most geeks were outcasts - and the many things created by geeks were a result of that isolation. If being a geek is cool, and geeks get invited to all the cool parties, then the motivation to create crazy new things goes away, and society is at a loss. Someone seems to be worried a little too much by this. As "cool" as geekdom seems these days, there are still plenty of outcasts, and they'll still have the motivation to discover whatever geeky things they discover. Just because some stuff that was once geeky is now cool, it doesn't mean there aren't other geeky pursuits.
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How about Prep Geekdom?
I would say there has always been the crowd of shallow geeks who pretend to be intellectual, but really plan on becoming bankers or lawyers.
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not.
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Geek vs. Introvert
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cool geeks
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All Human Progress is to Get Laid
"See that bridge? I designed it!"
Whether it works or not is open to debate, but I have found flattery and flowers work pretty well and take a lot less effort.
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