It 's not clear whether he convinced anyone that rim should be back in the favor of the digerati , but left a clear impression that rim isn 't ceding any ground in the race to build a mobile stronghold .
Shirky is one of the handful of people with justifiable claim to the digerati moniker . He 's become a consistently prescient voice on networks , social software , and technology 's effects on society .
Or you can believe that the engine itself has broken down , and that putting more gas in it will make things worse , not better . I believe the latter , but I 'd bet that many of my pals in the digerati believe the former .