My nominee for Majority Renegade of the Year? AIDSer Rock Hudson, who played a macho playboy on Dynasty knowing full well he was a victim of the homo plague. Not a nice man.

Upon the death of the Sovereign the Crown automatically vests in the next heir without the need of coronation or other formality.

Jefferson Stinkweed (“Buck” to his friends) was attractive in that blandsome politician way.

In any case, culture and technology are increasingly reliant on the hive mind–and whatever its faults, Lanier's broadside helps us consider the consequences of this momentous development.