"Nerd rage gets a bum rap. People think that angry nerds are just freaking out about minor continuity mistakes, or taking stuff too seriously. But sometimes, geeks get mad for good reason, and when people assume nerd rage is trivial, it's part of an overall process of belittling geeks.

And when enough geeks get pissed off, it can be a mighty force. If nerd rage could be harnessed as an energy source, it would keep the lights on in Shanghai for a year - and it often helps improve the worlds of geek culture and technology. Here are seven ways that nerd rage can make the world a better place."

That's intro to the article. I really get behind these things because of the reasons listed in the article. I also believe that tenants listed here can be applied to other areas of society to effect positive change. Free Corporate business practices in how they sell, market and provided services.

One minor example is the practice of many electronics retailer such as best buy who would not sell without getting your soc security #. Now in the past when I have used that example I always get one or two hand waves about how it doesn't happen. But it does. Or at least did. Perhaps Best Buy is a franchise and only certain stores did it, or its a policy that has been dropped or whatever. Point is I been to many stores around the nation that do this and its bullshit. And the vast majority of people I talked about it says "meh, I dont like it but that's the way it is". NO!!! Apathy allows the practices to occur. If enough people band together and complain bad practices such as that would be terminated.

Could nay sayers bring examples of it not working, sure. But the exceptions do not invalidate the rule.