
Rainbows End

But if you really want to see it, just look on the net. The Chinese have it pretty well meshed. And their special servers are really clever.”
Vernor Vinge • Rainbows End
In minutes they might burn up months of creativity, but reach an audience beyond all their earlier dreams.
Vernor Vinge • Rainbows End
Reminds me of FB creative
In the network view…jeez, GenGen was getting coverage like you couldn’t pay for, better than in the twentieth century when millions were forced to watch just what the few had decided was Important.
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Gatekeepers
“I thought the whole point of belief circles was that they can coexist in the same space.” “In principle,” said Rivera.
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Bubbles
This was a collision of belief circles. The point was to convince the wider world by belief and images that Scooch-a-mout’s was the greater vision.
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And every appearance sent a tiny fraction of a penny winging back up the Scoochi tree of creation. For once, Tim didn’t mind the rip-off. The Scooch-a-mout affiliance was as broad as any. Even hardware illegals at the edge of the world would benefit from the royalties.
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NFTs
And yet they are always chiseling at the collab protocols.”
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Collab is how you cheat
Knowledge is piled metaphorical light-years deep. Given that, the truly golden skill is the one I possess—to bring together the knowledge and abilities that make solutions.
Vernor Vinge • Rainbows End
The kid looked at the wax and gilt and parchment. “Oh! A creditat. I’ve seen certs like that. You—oops, yours has an outer envelope so only you can do all the steps, but see—” He grabbed the certificate and pointed where Robert should do what. “—you gotta apply your own stamp first, and then you tear along the server line and you’ll see a release l
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