"Now, you write the Internet, correct? Is that how this works?"
David Wong has spoken again, this time with two co-writers about how 2008 was the year the geeks took over.

I recommend reading every word of the article, and, if you have time, reading the contents of Page 2 twice. On that page you will find evidence of true generational change, not the least of which is the election of Barack Obama, and the relevance which geekdom has to such a change.

With apologies to Wong and his bookend O'Briens, the closing lines are here reproduced, as they should be reproduced in mile-high laser etchings on the wastelands of the American Southwest (gotta get some use out of the money sunk into Star Wars):


" The ones who had the highest stake in the future--because they are still going to be alive to see it--overwhelmingly voted one way. And the future is what the Geek is all about. That's why we love technology and gadgets and sci-fi. It's about looking forward and embracing what's coming, unafraid.

This is a huge change; we grew up hearing grown-ups talk about the past in glowing terms, dreaming of returning to old-time values and an era when all was right with the world, when there was no crime or gays, when women knew their place and America dominated the globe.

The geek, on the other hand, looks back and sees a time when couples on TV couldn't be shown sleeping in the same bed, when calculations were done with pencil and paper and having a friend in Japan meant waiting eight weeks for a letter to arrive.

The Geek then says, "Fuck that" and goes online to shop for a 3G neural implant. The future can't get here soon enough. "