![]() The book sets up a “massive government vs. It’s been open-sourced, and it is also completely illegal, because the US government is – rightfully – concerned that an interconnected operating system that allows people to rearrange their memories at will and to load Bruce Lee fighting programs into their brain is a security issue that will cause massive breaches. Nexus is a nano-drug that acts as an operating system in your brain, letting you network with others in real time and hack portions of your consciousness. ![]() Ramez Naam’s Nexus/ Crux/ Apex trilogy sure as fuck has time to look at both sides of the coin, though. There’s never been a technological revolution that didn’t come with a few bodies in the basement, but fiction tends to not have time to deal with complexity. ![]() ![]() The same algorithms that helpfully suggest your next Netflix show can be hijacked by the government to predict your behavior. The Internet made it easier for isolated people to find friends, but it also allows pedophiles to band together. Truth is, every technological achievement comes with benefits and negatives. This new thing will doom mankind! And some evil people are trying to make it popular!. ![]() This new thing will save mankind! And some evil people are trying to stop it!.Most new technological achievements in fiction are presented in one of two ways: (NOTE: Based on time elapsed since the posting of this entry, the BS-o-meter calculates this is 10.854% likely to be something that Ferrett now regrets.) ![]()
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