The mantra of the well-informed UK geek seems to be, "The world isn't like me -- technology is central to my life, but that's not so for the rest of the world, and it won't be any time soon."

By contrast, the mantra of the San Francisco geek is more like, "Technology kicks so much fucking ass I am about to explode. Soon everyone will realize this."

- Cory Doctorow, commenting on Tom Coates' insightful discussion of Paul Graham's xTech 2006 talk, How American Are Startups?.