The much better (and probably worthy of a modern spiritual successor, which this article is not) version of this theme is Neal Stephenson's excellent "Mother Ea

The much better (and probably worthy of a modern spiritual successor, which this article is not) version of this theme is Neal Stephenson's excellent "Mother Earth Mother Board" from a 1996 issue of /Wired/: https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/ https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/