I read this in high school and a few times since. It should be required reading, and it's a shame it's not in print any longer. (last I checked) At first blus

I read this in high school and a few times since. It should be required reading, and it's a shame it's not in print any longer. (last I checked) At first blush it's a standard communism vs. capitalism / freedom vs. security hero story. What I'll never forget about reading it in high school is that after we were finished reading it, the professor tried to get us to consider the story from the "evil" perspective, and that the society really was much better off with a lack of freedom. "Read it again, it does NOT end happily..." my professor said. And it's true. If you haven't read it and considered that the author perhaps sided with Wei and the programmers, give it another read.