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I'd argue that the maker movement is the next incarnation of "wild ideas and weirdos". It has a higher cost of entry than the internet does (you actually have to know a few things in order to build stuff).

Also: sharing stuff with people who would like to learn is still a cool thing to do. Perhaps you should mentor some people and then collaborate on your own weird ideas?

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+1! I've met some of the most creative "weirdos" in the maker community and in particular the "hacker spaces" [1] around the world. Hacker spaces aren't as numerous however but I love that people have been organizing more and more mini maker faires [2] all over the world.

[1] https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/ [2] http://makerfaire.com/map/

One problem with hackerspaces, at least in my corner of UK, is that they are very expensive and this acts as a filter for the types of people who go there.

For meeting an eclectic mix of fascinating oddballs, on the cheap, nothing beats an astronomy or geology club. They are great social-status-levellers. Executives, dropouts and just plain odd folk all chatting together.with

What's your idea of expensive, just so I can calibrate against my corner of the UK?

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