I'm not sure I agree with all the amateur psychoanalysis stuff in this piece, but I generally agree with the overall spirit. Hacker culture / geek culture / whatever you want to call it, isn't always as welcoming and kind-spirited as it could be, and I think that's sad. It's sad on very many levels too - everytime a prospective Open Source contributor walks away because a group of morons on IRC were acting like dickheads, or anytime a kid decides to study finance instead of physics or computer science, everytime somebody (note: Female OR Male OR Trans, whatever) is harassed and abused at a conference, it makes the world a suckier place.

I wish we could get geek culture (and, to be honest, ALL human culture eventually) to adhere to a simple "Be Excellent To Each Other" principle. It's really not that hard to choose being kind over being a dick, or to choose to treat other people with respect and dignity instead of being an asshole. So why not just do it?