Agreed. Who was it from Gizmodo who was running around a CES in '08 shutting down displays *during people's presentations*? That's when I lost all respect for them.

Outing a poor Apple employee who (stupidly, perhaps) left his prototype iPhone in the pub is pure douchebaggery. The poor schmuck is probably in enough trouble already within Apple, and doesn't need a public shaming on top of it.

To use the Neal Stephenson example, what about "The Diamond Age"? It predicts a very different world in the future, based on the widespread adoption of nanotech. I think it's one of those situations where we can't see the forest for the trees...yet.