MAUREEN CAVANAUGH (Host): Could it be that geek is the new chic? There's evidence to support that claim. Consider the fame and wealth of the man who may be the chief geek of our time, Bill Gates, or ...

Almost five years ago, comedian Patton Oswalt wrote an article for Wired called “Wake Up, Geek Culture, Time to Die.” It was equal parts eulogy for the romanticized nerd he once was, and a lament for ...