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'.