Geeks rising

Posted on May 24, 2008 by bipolarlawyercook| 5 Comments

Paul Krug­man has an inter­est­ing col­umn in the NYT about this elec­tion and geek civ­i­liza­tion– he uses the term “cul­ture,” but in the con­text of the arti­cle, and con­sid­er­ing the ways in which geeks com­mune, shar­ing infor­ma­tion and iden­tity on the inter­net, I think “civ­i­liza­tion” more prop­erly cap­tures the con­trast with anti-intellectuals who dis­dain indi­vid­ual thinkers, and who pre­fer dem­a­goguery to democ­racy.  Geeks don’t nec­es­sar­ily care if you think some­thing dif­fer­ent than us; we just care that you think.

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5 Responses to Geeks rising

  1. Jenn @ Juggling Life | May 24, 2008 at 11:53 am |

    I would have Gar­ri­son Keiller on the geek list too; I love his com­ment about how some­times he gets so tired of think­ing that he’s tempted to become a Republican.

  2. prof. j | May 24, 2008 at 2:07 pm |

    I just got home from a con­fer­ence on online teaching–it was geek heaven.

  3. Mrs. G. | May 24, 2008 at 2:39 pm |

    Plus I think “civ­i­liza­tion” sounds much more civ­i­lized. Love the Keiller quote, Jenn.

  4. g | May 24, 2008 at 3:40 pm |

    Ooooh! beau­ti­ful lilies of the valley!

  5. The Girl Next Door | May 24, 2008 at 8:08 pm |

    HA! I have dis­cov­ered that if you are a GEEK you are HOT. Go fig­ure. :Hot­ness

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