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The Ministry for the Future makes open source social media look easy. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
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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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[-] vatlark@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

The Three Body Problem also had a habit of coming up with really interesting concepts, which could have themselves been entire books, then dropping them after a chapter or two.

For example the device that could make anyone truly believe anything. They never got too techy about how it worked but after a chapter or two you really felt like you had explored some implications of such a technology on society.

I guess it's a bit much to ask a book about climate disaster to provide detailed insight into what the future may hold for Lemmy.

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