Freedom
Daniel Suarez
23 people recommended it in 17 threads, 2010–2026.
What people on Hacker News said
The settings and plot with both are ludicrous at times, but yet Suarez manages to put some interesting ideas in.
The sequel / conclusion, Freedom, is a very different novel, but also compelling and brings a decent enough end to the themes from Daemon.
They display an enormous amount of thinking about how social networks and the massively increased availability of data about our lives are changing the ways we interact with each other.
Don't be fooled by the start - it seems like a bit of a clichéd cop procedural, but rapidly evolves to an interesting glance at near-future sci-fi and augmented reality.
Deeply explores the concept of technological disruption in several interesting and unique ways.
Where it comes up
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