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  • Cory Doctorow
  • 2014
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Scroogled

Short Story outlining the breakdown of economic systems and the invasion of privacy when a private company becomes an arm of the state.

  • Cory Doctorow
  • 2014
  • 20 min
  • MIT Press
  • 2018
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Robotic Proxies and Telepresence: “Different Seas” by Alastair Reynolds

Lilith, a contract laborer, ends up in a dangerous situation when the self-driving ship she rides malfunctions. Kyleen, a human who has undergone a human-editing networking process called “meshing,” is able to control a proxy robot via a brain-computer interface to help Lilith get to her destination safely.

  • MIT Press
  • 2018
  • 30 min
  • UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG GRADUATE SCHOOLS
  • 1982
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Cyberspace and Internet Imaginations: “Burning Chrome” by William Gibson

Hardware specialist Automatic Jack is roped into a dangerous hacking scheme with his partner Bobby Quine while they compete for the affections of Rikki. Their plan is to use deadly malware to infiltrate the protections of Chrome, a mysterious overlord of cyberspace who hoards massive amounts of wealth. They enact this plan by entering cyberspace within a program and visualizing the data held within this digital network which connects people all across the globe.

  • UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG GRADUATE SCHOOLS
  • 1982