Mike Taht has a fascinating essay inadequately titled The inner workings of the Internet mind. He launches the piece with a revisitation of Phillip Emeagwali's ideas, which expand on what Lewis Frye Richardson was imagining in 1922. Sez Mike:
The hyperball theory is fairly interesting, it will be more interesting when you have it actually going with the grid…. or doesn't this resonate with that? i think it does