From garage hacker to TikTok trend: how the term nerd has changed in a single generation
In my fifty-something mind, the term “nerd” has always been linked to a precise concept: the classic geek profile, with an isolated social life and a visceral passion for computer science, mathematics, and sciences: someone who solved equations for the pure pleasure of doing so, read Asimov under the desk, and spent afternoons or nights… Read more
