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Nerd Culture
KONK REACTOR column
[Published in the KONK Life newspaper on October 11, 2012.]
Nerd Culture
Historically, many have given little shrift to the nerds and geeks in their lives, preferring to focus social energy on things trendy or cozy. Why spend time with guys or gals who use funny words (like “ bit-mapped” or “pokemon” or “hot-swapable”) or do unfathomable work (like programming or engineering or “science”) or do strange activities (like cosplay, or MMO gaming or read comic books for god’s sake) when one can play ball or go clubbing or hang with the beautiful people?
But the world is changing. Partially lead by the popularity of Big Bang Theory on TV, (more…)