Here's an interesting article over at the New York Times' Book Review, talking about the movie Social Network and a new book by master programmer and virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier called You Are Not a Gadget. Zadie Smith's article/review is more about her own history watching all this from a distance, and how she has purposely chosen to opt-out of the current craze.

( And the world spins faster )

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/nov/25/generation-why/?pagination=false