I was an early reader of Wired, and at one point in the 90's I was proud of my complete collection going back to the second issue. A very long time ago, both for "culture" and for me. I have always been one of those people who are ahead of "culture" by five to ten years - and this has not been necessarily a good thing, more of a burden, in fact.
It is, of course, pretty random that this news-snippet should mention the movement of a male writer from Wired to a Robot-focussed publication, with the additional laugh-tag of his possible replacement by an affirmative-action femnerd. But is this indicative of a something more general, and novel?
Wired used to be a tech mag for techies about the internet. Now the internet seems to be more and more focussed on (crap) like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest etc. Women's stuff, and (yeah, I am unapologetically un-PC about everything) 20-something BS. It's beginning to feel really old and suffocating.
Where are the MEN going? It seems to me that they are heading for hardware. Robots. 3D Printing. Drones. It's not about money. It's about getting away from the goddamn women. I really think this is the ur-impulse that took us from the caves to where we are today. Discuss.