Neophilia
/nee"oh-fil"-ee-*/ 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.
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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