I hate to say it, but because of humanity's capitalistic nature, money is important.
I do seem like the kind of guy who'd be obsessive about Rubik's Cubes.
Traditionally nerd-based culture is now a big sector of pop culture.
I almost think of nerd brains as rattlesnake venom; like, you can milk it. You can milk the pulpy venom out of the nerd brain and use it for good if you want to.
The podcast movement was really a creative survival mechanism for standup comics.
Being constructively critical is good, as long as your purpose is to improve your methods for future endeavors. Lying in bed and replaying failures and telling yourself you're stupid is a tremendous disservice to your efforts and what you can offer the world.