Searching for the right word…
I had to go to dictionary.com after reading this article.
My first thought was “bombastic” but that wasn’t quite right, so I tried “pretentious” but still not quite the word for what I was reading.
The guy is comparing the evolution of technologies used on the Internet with Marx’s theories of the development of society pre- and post-revolution, and specifically comparing Tim O’Reilly, the man who reputedly coined the phrase “web 2.0″ with various communist leaders, before deciding he’s most like Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia:
“Fortunately, O’Reilly seems less of a psychopath than Mao or Stalin, and is perhaps closer to the pragmatic Yugoslavian leader Marshal Tito, who carefully steered a path between the USSR and the West for decades.”
I just can’t find the right word for it.
