Got around to reading Closer to the Machine: Technophilia & It's Discontents. It's from 1997, and is kind of a memoir about what it's like being a techie, about

Got around to reading Closer to the Machine: Technophilia & It's Discontents. It's from 1997, and is kind of a memoir about what it's like being a techie, about the changes happening. It's incredibly hard to tell the book is 25 years old. So much of it seems apt & accurate today. One character that shows up is Brian, a crypto-libertarian who is obsessed with anonymous money. Ellen has like all kinds of protests & qualms she goes through about how awful & bad this would be. From the other side, I'm also reading Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future, (2020) and wow... using blockchain to track & follow & monitor all the money is a huge win for the good guys.