Social systems have values - arguments baked into their design. For example, Twitter's core argument seems to be, 'Everything should be public, and messages should find the largest audience possible.' Snapchat's might be, 'Communication should be private and ephemeral.'

You can go as far back as fifth grade, and you will find me tinkering with media and computers, making things that are a little off the beaten track.

I think that some of the archetypes and works of science fiction that have pierced pop culture and stayed there are the darker ones and the dystopias.

'Minecraft' is a game about creation, yes. But it is just as much a game about secret knowledge.