I disagree, as do some of the commenters: http://www.raphkoster.com/2009/05/14/the-perfect-geek-age/#comment-147768 http://www.raphkoster.com/2009/05/14/the-pe

I disagree, as do some of the commenters: http://www.raphkoster.com/2009/05/14/the-perfect-geek-age/#comment-147768 http://www.raphkoster.com/2009/05/14/the-perfect-geek-age/#c... Cultural climate changes with time. And it is worth asking whether all of the changes were for the better: http://yarchive.net/physics/effete.html http://yarchive.net/physics/effete.html Sometimes "nostalgia" is not an empty illusion, but is instead a longing for the days when actual progress based on original ideas was taking place. This longing can be a productive one, if it motivates you to invent, deviate from prevailing trends, and otherwise fight back against enforced mediocrity.