San Francisco mayor: 'We're all geeks!'

Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale interviews San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom in 'Second Life' on Tuesday. The two talked about similarities between the virtual world and San Francisco.

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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is doing his part to take away the stigma of being a geek.

In a fireside chat in the virtual world Second Life, Newsom responded to a question from Philip Rosedale, CEO of Second Life publisher Linden Lab, about virtual worlds not just attracting geeks.

The mayor laughed and offered a wonderful response: "Why are you so sensitive about geeks? It's all good," Newsom said. "We're all geeks."