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> As a software engineer, I have to admit to being inspired by near-future software engineering fiction that explores new ideas, many of which are quite achieva
by Niten 13y ago
> As a software engineer, I have to admit to being inspired by near-future software engineering fiction that explores new ideas, many of which are quite achievable.
What are some of your favorite examples of this genre?
- jrarredondo 13y agoMinority Report? The Matrix? Office Space?
- simmons 13y agoMy favorite examples are from several years ago -- Charles Stross's Halting State and Vernor Vinge's Rainbows End. The technology portrayed probably doesn't seem quite as amazing today in 2013, but I'm always reminded of how technology seems to be converging on those futures whenever I read over the latest APIs from the Khronos Group. More recently, Ramez Naam's _Nexus_ from earlier this year is pretty awesome, although a little more out there than the other two.