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This stuff is straight out of "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson. What's next? Facebook powered Metaverse and bikers with sovereign status because they pack person
by TY 11y ago
This stuff is straight out of "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson. What's next? Facebook powered Metaverse and bikers with sovereign status because they pack personal nuclear weapons?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash
- toomuchtodo 11y agoI accept this future as long as rat things (robotic, nuclear powered creatures matching the form of a canine) become a thing. "As part of Mr. Lee's good neighbor policy, all Rat Things are programmed never to break the sound barrier in a populated area. But Fido's in too much of a hurry to worry about the good neighbor policy."
- aiiane 11y agoJack the barrier. Bring the noise.
- thenomad 11y agoFacebook powered Metaverse? Given that Facebook owns the premiere Virtual Reality company right now, which employs one of the greatest 3D programmers living, who has explicitly stated that he'd like to create Stephenson's Metaverse for real, I think we're already well on the way to that one.
- bloat 11y agoSee also an episode from The X-Files - Kill Switch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Switch_%28The_X-Files%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Switch_%28The_X-Files%29
- brianzelip 11y agoGlad you brought up Snow Crash. I would have if not; it's all I could think about after reading it.
- bryanbuckley 11y agoProbably Ready Player One style vandwelling technomads. I'm almost in such a setup.