Hobbyist Culture

"This seems to be the fate of most enthusiast cultures – they carry within themselves the seeds of their own irrelevance to mainstream culture." [pg. 53]

That's an interesting idea. The groups that pride themselves in their difference, by virtue of being drawn together in this manner, also destruct themselves by their difference. They either become too esoteric, out-dated, or they lose interest in the tie that binds once other groups pick up on the thing that made them special.