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I did like the book but I also thought they solved huge problems in a single short chapter with minimal detail.

In one chapter it's mentioned that one of the characters is working on some open source social media. A few chapters later it becomes the dominant social media in the world... oh and also payment method... Oh and blockchain...

Being a big fan of Lemmy, I think the book is a bit optimistic.

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[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

KSR is probably my favorite living author.

I think the book is supposed to be more "this is what is possible" than an actual roadmap.

His optimism is what I really like about his work; anyone can throw up their hands and give up, but that's a dereliction of duty. Believing that a better world is possible and worth fighting for is the point, in my opinion.

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'll have to read more of their stuff. Which of their books is your favorite?

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My favorite is probably Aurora, in which a generation ship makes a voyage to Tau Ceti to set up a colony.

After that, I really enjoyed Galeleo's Dream, a time-travel story about the famous polymath and a plot to reshape the history of scientific thought.

And Shaman is also great: it's about the paleolithic people who painted the chauvet cave and their struggle to thrive in an impossibly harsh time.

And finally I also just finished The Years of Rice and Salt recently, and it's one that I know I'll have to re-read sometime. It's an alternate history about how the world would shake out if the population of Europe was wiped out by a plague in the 1400s and follows a set of characters reincarnating over the centuries.

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Sweet! Thank you!

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