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A good story, the only interest was in the hack. A lot of older sci-fi books, eg Heinlein, had hacker types discovering some highly profitable thing, but being
by b112 3y ago
A good story, the only interest was in the hack.
A lot of older sci-fi books, eg Heinlein, had hacker types discovering some highly profitable thing, but being uninterested except it was fun to figure out. This was often to the mystification of "normal" people, who would plead for them to work the idea into profit.
Often they were tricked into making the process profitable, by being told how impossible it was.
I responded in more ontopic detail in another comment.
- seabass-labrax 3y agoWould you please inform me, if you can, as to which books are you thinking of? I have read a few Heinlein novels but would like to know if I'm missing a classic in your eyes.
- b112 3y agoI can't think of specific ones, I think I've read everything he wrote. But I just recall small exchanges, im many of his works, where Long or another character, would notice some scientist archetype come up with an idea, yet not care one wit about exploiting it. It was all about the puzzle of discovery, and Long/etc was often amused.