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207 comments on DrumBeat: September 10, 2007

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auntiegrav on September 10, 2007 - 3:36pm

Your comments are reminiscent of Neil Stephensen's "Snowcrash" set in a post-apocalyptic world following a vast hyper-inflationary melt-down in which virtually all state functions become privatized--a good read.

Awesome read. Especially if you get the audio book version and listen to it.

Americans should be required at birth to have "Poor Impulse Control" tattooed on their foreheads, forward and reversed, so they can read it in the mirror every morning.

"Movies, Microcode, and Pizza Delivery"- America's future Economy. The only thing wrong with Stephenson's prediction is that the first two are already moving to India.

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hightrekker on September 10, 2007 - 4:23pm

Stephensen's best book, by far----
The others seemed to stay in the shallow end of the pool, but were somewhat entertaining.
Snowcrash is in a class by itself (although not up to the standards of Gibson's Neuromancer)
The cyberpunk and near future genera has been a interesting phase, but it is drawing to a close, as the visions turn into reality.

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SacredCowTipper on September 10, 2007 - 6:34pm

Where's the love for Bruce Sterling? Go read Distraction - a political thriller set in dystopian, post collapse Louisiana. Its as tight as Brazil in terms of predictive power, at least from my perspective.