Comment by phil21

Yeah you’re describing normies. They are the norm. It’s in the name. People as described make up the vast majority of the population.

Nerds have always been in the extreme minority. Ignoring the influx of cosplaying MBA financing bros and industry hangers-on as tech became the place where the money is of course. The tech industry started attracting the normies as soon as it became almost as lucrative as finance, so these days the definition gets a little blurry.