Interesting article but I suspect what is happening here is what happens in most technology cycle: first the true believers and the hobbyists come up, finding ways to create something out of a new technology. Then the businesses come and make the technology a utility and a more commoditized thing, pushing the believers and hobbyists out of the way in the name of efficiency.<p>Cyberflaneurs probably still exist, they're just no longer the main group on the internet.