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+title = "Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture -  Stephen H. Segal, N.K. Jemisin, Eric San Juan, Genevieve Valentine, Zaki Hasan"
+date = 2020-03-10
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+[GoodReads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10418415-geek-wisdom):
+Computer nerds are our titans of industry; comic-book superheroes are our
+Hollywood idols; the Internet is our night on the town. Clearly, geeks know
+something about life in the 21st century that other folks don’t—something we
+all can learn from. Geek Wisdom takes as gospel some 200 of the most powerful
+and oft-cited quotes from movies (“Where we’re going, we don’t need roads”),
+television (“Now we know—and knowing is half the battle”), literature (“All
+that is gold does not glitter”), games, science, the Internet, and more. Now
+these beloved pearls of modern-day culture have been painstakingly interpreted
+by a diverse team of hardcore nerds with their imaginations turned up to 11.
+Yes, this collection of mini-essays is by, for, and about geeks—but it’s just
+so surprisingly profound, the rest of us would have to be dorks not to read
+it. So say we all.
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+Although it is getting common in my reviews, I have to say this again: I have
+no idea what's the target of this book.
+
+Everything starts with a quote: A scientist, a meme, a movie quote, a game
+character, take your "geek" pick". Then, it is followed by a commentary about
+the quote. And, finally, some piece of trivia/explanation about the quote
+itself.
+
+The content of the book, then, is the commentary about the quotes.
+
+And that's where my confusion comes.
+
+Some explanations seem targeted to other geeks: "You see, So-And-So says this,
+so we geek should be careful about that". Some others seem targeted to
+non-geeks: "Geeks love So-And-So, because they said that and geeks related to
+it". So, it's a book to geeks or to non-geeks?
+
+No only that, but some explanations are really dense, like the author (one of
+them) is trying to push a point in a short form and throwing jumping stones
+really fast, to the point that when you reach the end of the paragraph, you
+have no idea how it started.
+
+And some are borderline insane: "Transformers! Transform and roll out!" is
+related to Martin Luther King "Change does not roll in on the wheels of
+inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle." And with that all I can
+think is "Really? Like, really really?!?"
+
+In the end, it is just a book about geeky quotes and a lot of filler.