I've always wanted to write to Vinge and pick his brain about Rainbows End, because of all his novels (that I've read, anyway) it seems like the one that you co

I've always wanted to write to Vinge and pick his brain about Rainbows End, because of all his novels (that I've read, anyway) it seems like the one that you could just about extrapolate from current tech and society... but it's also a bit unclear how much of this plausible future he thinks is a good idea, and how much is bad.