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NPR Book Review: The Rapture of the Nerds, by Cory Doctorow and Charles Stress “Cranky technophobe Huw is in a bad way. It’s centuries into the future, self-aware technology has formed a “singularity” — a floating superbrain cloud in the upper atmosphere — and his parents have already uploaded to it, leaving their bodies behind. Even household items literally have minds of their own. Huw’s only consolation is that he has been summoned to a kind of jury duty, evaluating a new technology the superbrain has suggested, so at least he’ll have the satisfaction of saying no if he thinks the new machine is too dangerous to let loose on Earth.” This sounds like a crazy read, but I’m interested. I might give it a go, despite the warning.  Happy reading everyone!

NPR Book Review: The Rapture of the Nerds, by Cory Doctorow and Charles Stress

“Cranky technophobe Huw is in a bad way. It’s centuries into the future, self-aware technology has formed a “singularity” — a floating superbrain cloud in the upper atmosphere — and his parents have already uploaded to it, leaving their bodies behind. Even household items literally have minds of their own. Huw’s only consolation is that he has been summoned to a kind of jury duty, evaluating a new technology the superbrain has suggested, so at least he’ll have the satisfaction of saying no if he thinks the new machine is too dangerous to let loose on Earth.”

This sounds like a crazy read, but I’m interested. I might give it a go, despite the warning. 

Happy reading everyone!

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