ON BEING GEEK — an essay that’s worth reading.

Geeks have a lot more status than they (“They?” — Ed. Okay, okay: we — now get back to Kaus’s page where you belong!) used to, but not as much as is deserved. The modern world and economy would stop running without geeks. In fact, they would come damn close to stopping if geeks just quit giving away their time and expertise for free.