Science Fiction Today – Geek Culture and Consumerism

I had been trying to figure out how to talk about a question that had been bugging me lately. The question: Is geek culture just a culture of consumerism?

Then I saw this video, as Felicia Day introduces Geek and Sundry season 2. And she helped frame it a bit.

We are more than what we consume, more than what is advertised to us, more than physical things made. But we do still consume culture… so I suppose a couple of things.

• What is consumerism?

• What does geek culture consume?

• What might this consumption look like in the future?

• What are some pitfalls that this future has?

So, let’s take this idea, and take it into the future: Geek Culture and Consumerism!