the geek shall inherit the earth

David Brooks delicious cultural references are so much more interesting than his words about politics: The Alpha Geeks - NYTimes.com There is kind of a blur for me about the definition of nerd and geek, but I might be a geek after all according to Brooks.

"Among adults, the words “geek” and “nerd” exchanged status positions. A nerd was still socially tainted, but geekdom acquired its own cool counterculture. A geek possessed a certain passion for specialized knowledge, but also a high degree of cultural awareness and poise that a nerd lacked."