I'm not really convinced.<p>The article's arguments for "geek culture" (might I add there is no such thing as a homogenous geek culture, but hey) proliferating are:<p>a) The recent popularity of sci-fi and superhero films.<p>b) The mass spread of consumer electronics and social media.<p>c) Computer technology becoming more accessible.<p>d) The information age enabling us to find trivia at a much faster rate than ever before.<p>e) Recent tech company acquisitions. (Twitch, Mojang, Oculus)<p>-------------------------<p>a) is not indicative of any long-term acceptance and popularity of "geekdom". Sci-fi, superhero and fantasy films have fluctuated in popularity on and off over the past 40 years. We're simply at another point where they've picked up again. In fact, the article does mention this quite neatly: "In the past, there have been plenty of pop culture phenomena nerds could get behind — the frenzies surrounding the “Star Wars” and “Lord of the Rings” movie franchises are two potent examples."<p>This is out, then.<p>b) is a technological inevitability. It has nothing to do with a spike in "geekdom". It's just progress, and in fact, one might make an argument that it is, to some extent, a regression. This is due to the locked down and obscurantist nature of consumer electronics, which discourage hacking and where everything is buried under a smoke screen. Social media? The Web is becoming ever more ubiquitous, so of course social media will as well. Social media has become more practical due to advances in web technology.<p>c) is closely related to b). As I stated, it may actually well serve as an argument against proliferation of "geekdom".<p>d) This means little, again. People have always been passionate about fiction they're invested in, so it's only normal that they'll memorize factoids and trivia. Honestly, if people think the best thing that came out of the Information Age is being able to look up factoids about television shows, what a miserable failure it is then.<p>e) is just tech giants being tech giants. Hurray?<p>-----------------------<p>Finally, I'd like to state that <i>The Big Bang Theory</i> has a rather... mixed reception, to put it euphemistically. In addition, installing a printer isn't always so simple. CUPS is nowhere near as bad as it used to be, but I still find myself having to reset the printer driver for the UI quite frequently, as it just arbitrarily blocks. I don't know.<p>And of course, the irony of taking a jab at that "homogenous, sexist geek culture" while writing about how a very watered down variant of it might be becoming popular.