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December 07, 2002
Bruce Sterling
For some reason, I have Bruce Sterling's short story, Maneki Neko on my mind at this moment. If you haven't read Maneki Neko, I highly recommend it. In case you're wondering what a maneki neko is, here's a great explanation. Bruce also has a weblog.
Anyway, the premise of Maneki Neko is to explore whether society can function on a different economic model. For example, the bartering system as opposed to monetary economics. What happens when currency is replaced with karma points? By the way, we're also going to utilize the power of the our networking capabilities. Read the story. It is one of the short stories in A Good Old-Fashioned Future by Sterling.
Posted by Kathy at December 7, 2002 08:14 PM