Fans of THE GOLDEN AGE might be amused by this
http://www.aleph.se/andart/archives/2006/10/warning_signs_for_tomorrow.html
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.