I dont consider him the rock star for geeks. I dont think I am a Geek. Put it like this: I dont know what you enjoy doing. I enjoy arts, so if I have the chance to meet a specif artist whom I respect then i would take it. I wanna observe ask questions, learn.
I bought the book, i liked it. I listen to the man on several videos i like very much his reasoning. I went to hear him live. I really enjoyed it. thats all. No Jesus christ of atheism or anything like that. Usually those terms are attributed to religious people who are familiar with that concept.