The Internet kinda made information collection hobbies obsolete. Before there was Wikipedia and tvtropes there were encyclopedias, collectible cards, newspaper clippings, etc. Owning and rereading them was central to nerddom. It was the only way to learned a subject.
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he does a very good job of characterizing pre-internet information poverty
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(not that he was even really trying)
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