Hari Kunzru

 An interview with the author of Techgnosis: Myth, Magic and Mysticism in the Age of Information.

Tonight the king will spend a night among his people. King Abdullah, the king in question, rules over five million Jordanians. He has come to the red sandscape of Wadi Rum, in the south of his kingdom, to consult with the bedouin who form an important (and fiercely traditional) part of his population.