I don't buy the whole"visionary genius" thing they were force feeding the entire Doc. He's an egocentric d-bag with amateur philosophies who happened to strike it big in the dot-com boom,simple as that. They kept focusing on "his" predictions coming true,yet they were neither unique or very accurate.
A doc about the exploits of internet pioneer Josh Harris, a man w/ the brains of Mark Zuckerberg and the creativity of Andy Warhol, and you've most likely never heard of him. Looking in retrospect on Harris' business endeavors, experiments and art projects give our modern-day, broadband-internet-savvy generation an illustration of the ways we shape our identities w/ the use of tech that constantly keep us connected.
Another exceptionally interesting and entertaining documentary from Ondi Timoner. Although, once again, she seems to chew up another genius and spit him out in whatever way serves the narrative. this time being slightly more favorable toward her subject in the end.
MM caught up with Ondi Timoner just a few days before this film premiered at Sundance in January. Had some interesting things to say about the making of the project: http://www.moviemaker.com/producing/article/ondi_timoner_we_live_in_public_sundance_20090121/