The Mass Amaturization of Starfleet

Matt Jones observes that modern trends have already made the future according to Gene Rodenberry obsolete:

Grid-distribute the experiences and associated tasks [ of space exploration ] to the millions of CosmoBloggers or the equivalent telepresent hordes, a la Patrick Farley’s Spiders. Let First Contact be with kids, goat herds and losers rather than uptight French hornblowers, macho Iowans or drippy ex-quantum-leapers.

I wonder what will make the future according to Cory Doctorow obsolete?

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