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UBIK. read it.

• GuB-42 3y ago
  What's the link between a story about psychic power and the nature of reality and the need to create an account to control light bulbs?
  • pizzaknife 3y ago
    company trade secrets/pay per use. Book had an ancillary gripe about "nickle and diming" (americanism, think "death by 1000 financial papercuts). A subtext to the entire engagement is that everything is implicitly rented. Here's a non-spoiler quote which (if i recall the book correctly) occurs within the first chapter: “The door refused to open. It said, “Five cents, please.” He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. “I’ll pay you tomorrow,” he told the door. Again he tried the knob. Again it remained locked tight. " ^ That door, was "the main character's front door" IoT. edit: grammar