At this point all the nerds aren't worth their weight.
In the 21st century, everyone has a pursuit/interest/source of pleasure that's slightly 'nerdy'. Few true and living "ALPHAS" in the cartoon corny sense exist; one of my last roommates was a Marine, conservative, number of girlfriends. Still kept up religiously with Gam o Throns.
So first off, popularity deems a pursuit not nerdy, but its a lark. "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" make millions, but they're undoubtedly nerdy. Every bookstore chain in America carries Dungeons & Dragons games or the board games like Catan, but they're nerdy. Game Of Thrones, arguably one of the 20 most watched TV shows in the world, nerdy. But nobody's a nerd because everybody's a nerd. Even sports have nerds who crunch stats and bicker constantly about the values of players, while additionally sometimes competing in fantasy ____ball where you ignore the actual win/loss of the game and focus on your favorites performances overall.
The only true nerd pursuits it seems to be are the ones you can't make accessible to everyone. When its inconvenient and unnecessary, there you get a certain level of dedication that cuts one from the cloth. Those nerds are already pursuing something focused and intense, so you rarely see them act out on society in aggression and malignance. Its the ones who are bored by their pursuits.
A good case and point is Shkreli. He was a former music 'nerd', enough that his interests were as disparate as being the ghost funder for an emo musician's 'indie' label and that Wu-Tang album debacle. His biggest fundamental flaw was that his career kept him from truly dedicating himself and sacrificing success, but the way he was able to buy and invest in music on such a bigger scale than most makes him flip and trivial about the actual value. A 'nerd' would probably have tried to found a label on credit, sign bands, threaten the security of his job or his wealth, truly go ALL IN and lose sight of the bigger picture.
