Nice article over at GamesFiends, written by a journalist/gamer/backer. It's a nice summary of how we got to where we are!
http://gamesfiends.com/2014/05/18/star-citizen-the-cult-the-criticism-and-the-journey-so-far/
Yeah read that this afternoon I thought very well written and made some interesting points, for example the angry due to boredem