Paul Carr nailed this. Geekiness is now cool enough to invade pop culture in a non-patronizing way. It goes much deeper and further back than than Carr presents in his funny (and weird!) post this morning. The “geek” used to stand for values and behaviors counter to fame, fortune and romance. And, in general, geekery [...]
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