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Recently someone shared this sci-fi short story [1], which I had to read several times as it's fascinating and at the same time uncannily horrific while being w
by ThePhysicist 3y ago
Recently someone shared this sci-fi short story [1], which I had to read several times as it's fascinating and at the same time uncannily horrific while being written in the style of a popular science article.
1: https://qntm.org/mmacevedo https://qntm.org/mmacevedo
- icedchai 3y agoThanks for that. Very enjoyable. I so wished it were longer, though that is also part of the appeal.
- ineedausername 3y agoIf you haven't yet, check out the sci-fi horror videogame called "Soma" :)
- metadat 3y agoDiscussed 7 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32696089 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32696089 (17 comments)
- networked 3y agoIf you liked it, you may like "FAQ on LoadBear's Instrument of Precommitment" (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nRSRWbAqtC48rPv5NG6kzggL3HXSJ1O93jFn3fgu0Rs/mobilebasic https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nRSRWbAqtC48rPv5NG6kzggL...), which is also about mind uploading, and "Basilisk collection" (https://suricrasia.online/unfiction/basilisk/ https://suricrasia.online/unfiction/basilisk/), which is a fictional Wikipedia article about SHA-256. You may also enjoy the book The Age of Em; it is nonfiction futurism, albeit increasingly unlikely.