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We live in a kleptocracy.
Imagine living in a crumbling democracy and willingly voting for a couple of oligarchs. Disinformation really is malware to the brain.
What they call it in the snow crash. Memenotiic warfare?
Poor mind virus.
I started to read that and couldn't get over the weird writing format. Should I give it another go?
You should definitely try to read it again. It’s literally set in a world that exists after the US collapses and most of the agencies are sold off to corporations.
It’s over 30 years old at this point and, for near future sci-fi, some of the speculations fall flat. I’m pretty sure this book is also where Zuckerberg got the idea for both the technology and name of “the metaverse.”
Some of its faults derive from the habit of sci-fi authors “dropping” you into their world without context or explanation. Slang, cultural norms, history, and technology are introduced without a lot of explanation. Snow crash also has a lot of characters whose perspectives we see throughout which probably contributes to the weird format you mentioned. I’ve always read Snow Crash like a movie (even though all of the attempts to make it into one have failed).
Ok I will give it another go! Thank you