Taken to the extreme, this question becomes "Do you want Snow Crash or 1984?" But there's a whole sliding scale of space between the two, and the question of w

Taken to the extreme, this question becomes "Do you want Snow Crash or 1984?" But there's a whole sliding scale of space between the two, and the question of which tool to use when is the day-to-day meat of a livable and happy society.