Reddit mentions of Freedom (TM) (Daemon Series)

If you mean libertarian literature or novels, Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash and Diamond Age are great books set in a kind of anarchist society, though that isn't the focus of the book.

I'd also suggest Freedom (TM), which can be read independently, but is a sequel to another novel.

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Outside of Ancap novels, I'd recommend 1,001 Arabian Nights, The Catcher in the Rye, The Giver, Brave New World, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and Ender's Game.

Reminds me of my favorite book in the last 5 yrs http://www.amazon.com/Daemon-Daniel-Suarez/dp/0451228731/

The follow up is even better http://www.amazon.com/Freedom-TM-Daniel-Suarez/dp/0451231899/

Not trying to be a pedant but for anyone trying to find the book the title is spelled Daemon. Definitely second the recommendation though, I loved the book. I'd also recommend the sequel, Freedom^^TM.

I both agree and disagree.

I agree that it is unlikely to happen, certainly nowhere near the scale of the BBS scene. But I disagree that all of the conveniences you outline (which BTW are fictionalized quite well in Daniel Suarez' Daemon and Freedom novels) are absolutely necessary to make it big enough to make a difference.

Indra Sinha's book Cybergypsies is an interesting read from the era of the late 80's. Most of it revolves around MUDs, viruses, and the interesting people online at the time, but Indra's BBS connections were very important in supporting his political activism, leading to some influence on real events related to the Kurds in Iraq War I.

> An alternative network like that won't going to matter much if only the technically inclined can use it.

Depends on what you value. If you just want a few dozen people to talk to on a regular basis, the "technically inclined" is still a pretty big pool to find friends in. If you are involved in real journalism or political activism, you only need about a hundred thousand people in the network to make a very strong impact. Look at TOR and I2P today: almost no one relative to the total population use them, yet they are in the news pretty frequently.

Do you have any interest in nonfiction? I generally like to go back and forth between the two.

As far as fiction, check out Daemon and Freedom.

Looks like you guys haven't read Freedom^TM

Daemon and Freedom™. They're techno thrillers.

I fully share your interest in trying to find stories, narrative or scenarios featuring cryptocurrency. My personal conclusion is that the future got bigger and different after bitcoin, in ways that were considered practically impossible before, and we will need a new generation of science fiction.

While Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon, which I have only skimmed, deals with crypto-currency it is NOT the descentralized kind, which is in my opinion the truly revolutionary aspect of bitcoin.

The more suggestive work I can think of is Daniel Suarez's Daemon and the sequel, Freedom, which don't deal directly with cryptocurrency, but the whole conceit of the books --a self-sustaining civilization-altering program unleashed after the death of its author-- is curiously homomorphic to bitcoin.

It's not fiction, but I like David Friedman e-money scenarios in his 2008 Future Imperfect: Technology and Freedom in an Uncertain World. He writes just before bitcoin was unleashed unto the world!

Cory Doctorow's Down and out in the magic kingdom deals with Whuffie, a reputation-based "ambient" currency for a post-scarcity economy. The interesting part is that with colored coins, it could be very much implemented with bitcoins.

For a cheaper but likewise more modern version of the concept, there were devices in the book Freedom^TM called "Angel's Teeth" which were essentially slightly larger flechette's with embedded sensors and small servo driven control surfaces to lock on to man-sized heat signatures and home in on them. They could be launched a dozen at a time in an artillary round.

Good read, I recommend it. Start with the book before it, of course.

I think you missed my point.

I'm not worried about AI becoming independent. I'm worried about how people will use it as a weapon against other people.

I don't know if you've ever read Dune but that is why Machine Intelligence was outlawed in that Universe. The prequels (Butlerian Jihad) were written by someone else, but based on Frank Herbert's notes. The writing isn't near as good as Herbert's but the outline of the story is what he intended.

Basically human civilization allowed itself to become dependent on AI, and then a group of about 20 people used that dependence, hacked the systems and turned them against everyone, using them to conquer all the dependent worlds.

These two books are science fiction, but they give an idea of how AI controlled cars could be used as weapons.

https://www.amazon.com/DAEMON-Daniel-Suarez/dp/0451228731/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1491424210&sr=8-3&keywords=daniel+suarez

https://www.amazon.com/Freedom-TM-Daniel-Suarez/dp/0451231899/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1491424210&sr=8-5&keywords=daniel+suarez

Daemon and Freedom. Great books about a game developer that dies and leaves behind a Daemon that does some cool stuff (no spoilers).

Highly Recommended if you are a tech/geek/science/internet fan. It is based in the real world, current time and technology so it is really believable.

That's a really good book. http://www.amazon.com/Freedom-TM-Daniel-Suarez/dp/0451231899

I was never really interested in AR and then I read these two books. Freed is the sequel and is when you really get into a lot of really cool AR stuff.

http://www.amazon.com/Daemon-Daniel-Suarez/dp/0451228731

http://www.amazon.com/Freedom-TM-Daniel-Suarez/dp/0451231899

I just finished Daemon and Freedom (TM), a two-part series by Daniel Suarez. I liked them a lot, and I suspect I would have liked them even more if I were into online gaming.

I just read Daemon, and the sequel Freedom(TM) by daniel Suarez and they are both excellent. The deal with corporate control in the government and the future of the internet. It also makes heroes out of WoW players.

Daemon and
Freedom

Freedom^TM is actually a pretty decent book. Make sure to read Daemon first.

When it's raining, I love sleeping in then making a lazy day breakfast of sauteed onions and peppers, with scrambled eggs and a bagel as well as coffee. Then it's video games!

Thanks for the contest, and I would appreciate this book if I win. :)

> freedom™

Yes, I want that. In fact, I highly recommend it. (Read "Daemon" first, of course).