Reddit mentions of Daemon

For fiction, you MUST read Daemon and Freedom(TM)

I also enjoyed Snowcrash and Cryptonomicon, though in my opinion the latter was a little bit of a difficult read. Worth it though.

Try Daniel Suarez. Amazing stuff.

> Your last point is interesting, and I do like the idea of using someone's reputation as a gauge for future interaction and trustworthiness. Cory Doctorow's novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom takes place in a society in which one's reputation level is used as both a currency and an indicator of character.

You can thank the original cypherpunks with coming up with the notion. Another useful novels playing with the idea are Daemon/Freedom by Suarez

http://www.amazon.com/Daemon-Daniel-Suarez/dp/B003L1ZXCU/

http://www.amazon.com/Freedom-TM-Daniel-Suarez/dp/0525951571/

> albeit not tamper-proof, that you mentioned without being overtly totalitarian.

It is in principle possible to store information in a distributed cryptographic filesystem in a tamper-proof fashion. A precursor to such practical systems is e.g. Tahoe http://tahoe-lafs.org/~warner/tahoe.html

Isn't this what the books Daemon and Freedom were about?

i think we need to all read "Daemon" by daniel suarez. if we build a technologically advanced society like they have in that book i can forsee good things happening.

Audible: http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B002V5B9SO&qid=1303830686&sr=1-1
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Daemon-Daniel-Suarez/dp/B003L1ZXCU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1303830709&sr=8-1

This gets me really excited, but then I remember this book and I get a little scared.

They're novels about the emergence of a Weak AI singularity like entity in the modern world. Really cool books, your suggestion made me think of weapons the Daemon would come up with.

http://www.amazon.com/Daemon-Daniel-Suarez/dp/B003L1ZXCU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322801753&sr=8-1

That the world of Daniel Suarez's book Daemon and Freedom happen.

Set in the near future, computers and cellphones evolve to be embedded in a pair of glasses. Those within The Network see an augmented reality through the glasses. Put simply, its like a cross between Google, Reddit, and World of Warcraft. The Network gives people different professions based on their abilities and you have a level that everyone can see through the glasses. Also, you can see someone's 'karma', your total up/downvotes you've accumulated from everyone you've interacted with.

I'm leaving a lot out, but its absolutely facinating. Amazon link