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It’s 2014 — does the term “geek” really have any meaning anymore?

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Periodically you have to ask this question again. Geeks aren’t just running some of the world’s biggest companies — they’re also the heroes of mega-hit TV series like Big Bang Theory; and, in the post-Snowden world, they’re international political subversives. So what the hell is a geek anymore?

Has the term “geek” just become a way of talking about what people are like in the twenty-first century? Or is there still a geek subculture that will never become mainstream? I am genuinely torn, and would love to know what you think.

Including links, pictures and video with your answers is always helpful (and more amusing)!

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