I found this talk rather illuminating; I try to re-read it at least every couple years. http://www.wall.org/~larry/pm.html http://www.wall.org/~larry/pm.html

I found this talk rather illuminating; I try to re-read it at least every couple years. http://www.wall.org/~larry/pm.html http://www.wall.org/~larry/pm.html It's largely about Perl (delivered at a Linux conference), but I believe it will give you some material to consider while exploring how postmodernism applies to technology.