There’s a provocative little story in this month’s CACM, written by Greg Bear, an award-winning Science Fiction author. It paints a rather bleak picture of a techno-dystopia with a nasty social angle. The picture may seem paranoid, but it’s also easy to see how parts of it are making their way into our present-day reality. What measures can (should) we take to avoid this future?

And what of other societies, where Big Brother can leverage all of this technology as well?

(Apologies for the link to the story: ACM membership is required.)

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