This is pretty heady stuff. I recently realized that there is a difference between "techies" (those geeks who know how to hook up stuff) and "tech philosophers" (those geeks who analyze and dream of ways technology can change social interaction on a global scale.) For example, check out this article Ouiki Glogs.

By the way, most of these "tech philosophers" also have their own manifesto. Honest ta God.

Someone explained it like this....there are people who read the "USS Enterprise Technical Manual" and there are those who read "I, Robot." Now it makes sense.