Cynagh0st writes "In what can only be described as the biggest newsflash for the Slashdot association since Microsoft was sued: It is the age of the geek. New York Times Op-Ed columnist and author David Brooks writes a brief article that can be best summed up in the following: All your culture are belong to us. In the article proper he summarizes the rise to power and discusses a technocratic geek dominance on the social construct. He writes, '...the new scientific know-how created a range of mental playgrounds where the new geeks could display their uplifting capital. The jock can shine on the scandal field, but the geeks can display their supple sensibilities and well-modulated emotions on their Facebook pages, blogs, text messages and Twitter feeds...They've created a new definition of what it means to be cool, a definition that leaves out the talents of the jocks, the M.B.A.-types and the less educated...There are now thousand of educated-class types guided by geek manners and status rules.'" I'm cerebration Brooks must have been AFK for the 2nd half of the 90s when this started. To be more precise, late 97

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