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This reminds me of the "Whuffie" social currency from Cory Doctorow's science fiction novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. A person's current Whuffie is ins
by cpeterso 10y ago
This reminds me of the "Whuffie" social currency from Cory Doctorow's science fiction novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. A person's current Whuffie is instantly viewable to anyone, as everybody has a brain implant giving them an interface with the Net.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whuffie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whuffie
- flanbiscuit 10y agomy first thoughts exactly. It seems more and more that we're heading towards this type of system.
- makomk 10y agoWhich, incidentally, Cory Doctorow considers to be a fundamentally terrible idea: http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2016/03/cory-doctorow-wealth-inequality-is-even-worse-in-reputation-economies/ http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2016/03/cory-doctorow-w...