This is an article by Annalee Newitz with a reply by and ensuing discussion with Tim O'Reilly. I found this highly relevant to the recent HN post re: Evgeny Morozov's "The Meme Hustler"[1].
Edit: btw have you read Moldbug's recent column on Sam Altman? [1] He uses Altman as a similar example of a fake progressive, though doesn't really touch on the whole open government side of things
[1] http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/sam-a...