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Distraction by Bruce Sterling:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
This future Earth novel is set in 2044, and most of the government and social institutions that we think are eternal and unchangeable have gone to the dogs. Global warming, cheap computer power, increasingly irrelevant government - sound familiar? See at least one set of logical conclusions in this book. Select an invention:
Bambakias Hotel - help it come into being |
Bugged Money - money rigged for surveillance |
Infowar Operation |
Junkbot - spamachine |
Netwar - communications warfare |
Profile Sniffers - sifting the web |
Smart Bike |
Talking Tape - smart as a brick |
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