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sherrtoday at 12:42 PM2 repliesview on HN

I see mentions of Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" in that thread but what this really seems to be mostly like is Vernor Vinge's "shred and scan" factory in his novel "Rainbows End".


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vessenestoday at 12:51 PM

Perhaps the last great near-term predictor. I often wish he'd written more. To remind us all, he predicted shred and scan would be a short stop over done by villains on the way to nondestructive scanning.

That said, supporting Anna's archive is one of the best things you could do for humanity long term in my opinion.

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cyberrocktoday at 2:02 PM

Well it's close to the author's intention for Fahrenheit 451, but just not what everyone wants it to mean.