More background information on the mind behind this book here: http://www.uqd-edu.eu/I-AM-ElizabethDonavan.html
In any case, from the people involved with this new endeavor one would think this is 2012 again (except without Rossi).
I add that for the practical purposes that type of people ( I call them 'holistic' for some reason) is very hard to organized into actually doing something. One thing is stargazing and storytelling around bonfire another is to report to work by 9am 5 times! a week. Ordering food for a company event is an unsurmountable challenge forget about making devices.
Thank you for the links. Gives an idea of what to expect this time. What I find interesting is that approach of protecting IP by self-destructing equipment seemed to migrate from ecats to here. Must be very fascinating topic.