I've been saying for years that the geeks shall inherit the earth. That day is here and now.
Being a nerd/geek is very far from pathetic these days, we hold the keys to the way the world works. If we put our minds to it we could bring the whole thing down around everyone elses ears. We are the Atlases of the 21st century and woe betide the world if we should decide to shrug.
Of course there's a name for it. Absolute geekness is named Sheldon Cooper.
Of course, that should have been "you're", not "your". Oh, well.
Shrugging requires enough social skills to organize.
If only one person shrugs, no one notices.
Writing endless tracts, an bloviating about the "power" of nerds is fun ... but if you can't organize, you can't effect ANY political change.
Politics is all about dealing with polities, like it or not.
"Shrugging requires enough social skills to organize."
No, we have Twitter now.
One of my favourite books of all time. Cryptology, Cryptography, Data mines, MacArthur, the Turing machine, Nazi gold, 19th Century American furniture and the joys of cold milk and cereal all in one wildly amazing thrill ride of insanity and probability theory. Sensational!
If only one person shrugs, no one notices.
And if 50 million people do it, it doesn't matter if it has a logo or not.