— some where ▁exc iting , ▁a ▁place ▁more ▁real ▁than ▁his ▁own ▁life , ▁a ▁land ▁he ▁could ▁conquer , ▁not ▁a ▁d rab ▁te en ager ' s ▁room ▁in ▁his ▁parents ' ▁house ." ▁ ▁Imp act ▁ ▁Techn olog ically ▁orient ed ▁ge eks , ▁in ▁particular , ▁now ▁ex ert ▁a ▁powerful ▁influence ▁over ▁the ▁global ▁economy ▁and ▁society . ▁Where as ▁previous ▁gener ations ▁of ▁ge eks ▁t ended ▁to ▁operate ▁in ▁research ▁depart ments , ▁labor ator ies ▁and ▁support ▁functions , ▁now ▁they ▁increasing ly ▁occup y ▁senior ▁corpor ate ▁positions , ▁and ▁w ield ▁considerable ▁commercial ▁and ▁political ▁influence . ▁When ▁U . S . ▁President ▁Bar ack ▁Ob ama ▁met ▁with ▁Facebook ' s ▁Mark ▁Z ucker berg ▁and ▁the ▁CE Os ▁of ▁the ▁world ' s ▁largest ▁technology ▁fir ms ▁at ▁a ▁private ▁dinner ▁in ▁Wood side , ▁California ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁New ▁York ▁magazine ▁ran ▁a ▁story ▁titled ▁" The ▁world ' s ▁most ▁powerful ▁man ▁meets ▁President ▁Ob ama ". ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁Z ucker berg ' s ▁company ▁had ▁grown ▁to ▁over ▁one ▁billion ▁users . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Mark ▁Ro eder ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁the ▁ge ek ▁represents ▁a ▁new ▁phase ▁of ▁human ▁evolution . ▁In ▁his ▁book , ▁Un natural ▁Selection : ▁Why ▁The ▁Ge eks ▁Will ▁In herit ▁The ▁Earth ▁he ▁suggests ▁that ▁" the ▁high - tech ▁environment ▁of ▁the ▁Anth rop oc ene ▁fav