Would you believe that Neal Stephenson had this idea in Anathem, written in 2008? Someone quotes from the novel here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1455

Would you believe that Neal Stephenson had this idea in Anathem, written in 2008? Someone quotes from the novel here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14554765 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14554765