I think it would feel a little like technology. WPI is all about creating the future, braving that new world. Odd thing is, for all the time we spend pursuing that end, few people ever seem to wonder whether our goal is a good one.
Technology seems to be a form of escapism.
We pursue technology because of our inability to accept our mortality and the physical limitations our body possesses. I see their point, but I don't see their supposed outcome as the eventual one. A sixteen year old who drops out of school may be expressing his independence, demonstrating his freedom from all the norms society tries to impose, but the soundness of his decision is ultimately proved in the life he leads and the enjoyment he gets out of that life. I read portions of the FC manifesto this past summer. The concerns, logic, and beliefs expressed in the material I read are kins of my own.