neophilia
neophilia: /nee`oh-fil'-ee-*/ n. The trait of being excited and
pleased by novelty. Common among most hackers, SF fans, and
members of several other connected leading-edge subcultures,
including the pro-technology `Whole Earth' wing of the ecology
movement, space activists, many members of Mensa, and the
Discordian/neo-pagan underground. All these groups overlap heavily
and (where evidence is available) seem to share characteristic
hacker tropisms for science fiction, music, and oriental
food. The opposite tendency is `neophobia'.