40 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 9 Feb \ on: [REVIEW] The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner BooksAndArticles
I keep picking this up getting a few pages in and then getting distracted. It has no grip that I've found yet.
It was recommended in Designing an Internet because it was the first book to describe a computer worm. It also introduces CBDCs rather early but those might've appeared elsewhere first.
The worm plays an important role, but I think I missed the cbdc. The prediction markets (called Delphi pools) are a very cool dynamic. And maybe the cbdc was part of the "paid-avoidance zones" (areas where people accept a govt payment to live with fewer technological amenities).
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