Topic: Daemon / Freedom (tm) (Read 1320 times)
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I just now got around to watching that. Brilliant video. Thanks for sharing 
Great books. Check out this presentation by the author, too:
http://fora.tv/2008/08/08/Daniel_Suarez_Daemon_Bot-Mediated_Reality
http://fora.tv/2008/08/08/Daniel_Suarez_Daemon_Bot-Mediated_Reality
I just read a dualogy by Daniel Suarez that might be of interest to some of you. Basically a highly sophisticated botnet takes over the world and turns it into sort of a living MMOG. Members of the darknet use a digital currency that quickly outpaces the dollar and interact with each other (and various aspects of the world at large) using augmented reality displays in their glasses. I found some of the concepts interesting, so I thought some of you might want to check it out. It gets pretty graphic, so consider yourself warned. The first book is titled Daemon, the second is Freedom (tm).
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