In a sense, it seems Accellerando got a lot more right than not ( reputation markets in this particular case ). We may be arguing over the best way to do it, but it seems that the conclusion was already drawn.
Someone here recommended Accelerando about a month ago - I’m sitting in an airport now reading it. It’s… deep. Probably one of the two deepest sci-fi novels I’ve ever read, beat only by Blindsight.
I’m not finished yet though, so that order could change :)
How is it that no one is noticing that it's the lobsters who escaped!
How prescient is that?
* http://www.accelerando.org/fiction/accelerando/accelerando.h...