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one day the revolution came, a new era was born, the age of cumputers and internet, the age of information technology as we know it. The captains of this new industry were named the DIGERATI. Now we see the dawn of a new era filled with WEB 2.0 and immersive worlds.

The days of the METARATI have come...

The question remains, who are they?

This question was first posed at the MindBlizzard Blog, and these are the ones nominated. Contact VeeJay Burns for more suggestions.

2007 Nominations

AUTHORS
- Neil Stephenson
- William Gibson
- Cory Doctorow
- Tad Williams

IMMERSIVE WORLDS
- Philip Rosendale (Linden Labs)
- Reuben Steiger (Millions of Us)
- Jerry Pfaffendorf (Electric Sheep Company)
- Ron Britvich (WebWorlds, Active Worlds)

WEB 2.0
- Chad Hurley (You Tube)
- Kevin Rose (Digg)
- Reid Hoffman (Linked-in)
- Tom Anderson (MySpace)
- Meg Hourihan (Pyra / Blogger)

OLD SCHOOL ADAPTORS
- Larry Page (Google)
- Irv Wladawsky-Berger (IBM)
- Bill Roper (Blizzard Entertainment)