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Oh, there's a good sci fi book which tackles that idea. It's not the only idea in the book, but it's a major theme. It's right there in the title. Neal Stephen
by owyn 5y ago
Oh, there's a good sci fi book which tackles that idea. It's not the only idea in the book, but it's a major theme. It's right there in the title.
Neal Stephenson "The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer"
It's a 25 year old book but slight spoiler, it's about what happens when this book made for a rich billionaire's child falls into the hands of a poor child. Among many interesting ideas, the book has its own source of funding (think, crypto) and uses that to hire actors (like zoom with full on mo-cap) to bring to life the characters in the story. IIRc, the lessons/dialog are all written but the actors can bring them to life and ad-lib, and one actor in particular ends up being the remote mother for this child.
Oh, another bonus part of the story I remember to give you an incentive to read it, there's a multi-page digression about how turing machines work retold as a fantasy allegory with like, castle bridges, chain links and trolls.
- nitrogen 5y agoI forgot about that book! It is indeed a good one, and second the recommendation to anyone who hasn't read it. Although if that's the one with the drum people, they're kind of weird and might be off-putting to some.
- cscottnet 5y agoFunny thing: I was hired by OLPC specifically to implement that book: https://blog.printf.net/articles/2011/06/18/narrative-interfaces/ https://blog.printf.net/articles/2011/06/18/narrative-interf...