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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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Absent that agreement and public expression, libraries and librarianship can fall prey to the kind of technological neophilia described above.

Values for human-to-human reference by Gorman, Michael / Library Trends

The new at any price, neophilia, the young artist holding the key to the future - it comes down to an ideology, and it isn't mine.

Esprit de corps by Sedofsky, Lauren / Artforum International

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