Nerd of this kind, crucially, are not actually like machines; they just remind people of them. They get stuck with the name “nerd” because their outward behavior can make them seem less than, and more than, human.
- - American Nerd: The Story of My People by Benjamin Nugent, May 13, 2008.
Theories about the fine difference in meaning between geek, dork, and nerd in Silicon Valley and other tech hives are all over the Internet, but, internationally, the nerd/otaku/geek/dork is a concept that involves: loneliness; the rote, mechanical nature of work in the industrial and postindustrial ages; the way modernity allows the body to fall into disuse; and the way contemporary mass media invite people into voyeuristic relationships with simple fictions and numb them to the pleases of real life. To understand nerds in to enrich our understanding of many demons.
- - American Nerd: The Story of My People by Benjamin Nugent, May 13, 2008.
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