neophilia

The trait of being excited and pleased by novelty. Common among most hackers, SF fans, and members of several other connected leading-edge subcultures, including the pro-technology `Whole Earth' wing of the ecology movement, space activists, many members of Mensa, and the Discordian/neo-pagan underground (see {geek}). All these groups overlap heavily and (where evidence is available) seem to share characteristic hacker tropisms for science fiction, {music}, and {oriental food}. The opposite tendency is neophobia.

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