The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth

And it might start with California.

BBC: “The 26-year-old Democrat with ‘brains, beauty, and leadership’ has joined the race to be the new governor in a crucial recall election… She studied computer science, became a software engineer and helped found a start-up which used the open source Linux operating system as its backbone… Politics may not seem like a natural step, but her motivation to run in the election is reflected in her attitude to technology.”