[ale] Have a bit of fun with a book

[Charles Shapiro]

Dang man, maybe that _Little_Brother_  *should* be banned, for being too
much fun. There're some odd geek projects to replicate some of the things in
it in the real world, e.g. paranoid linux (
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/05/little-brothers-para.html )


-- CHS


On 7/15/08, JK <jknapka at kneuro.net> wrote:
>
> Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 10:39 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
> >> Dang! Haven't made it through the first chapter and I'm  feeling
> >> creepy! Thanks for the heads-up on the new read, dude. I'll bet it's
> >> on the list for 2000+.
> >>
> >> I really like the links to teacher material in the preview/philosophy
> >> prelude. This is looking like it should be on the shelf next to 1984
> >> which is still covered but not so much as during cold-war days -
> >> people don't like seeing the flipflop nature of global politics).
> >
> > Wow.  I just read this the entire way through, and I thought it was
> > absolutely amazing.
>
>
>
> Ditto.  And I sent the following to about two dozen friends and
> acquaintances, most of whom have no particular connection to IT:
>
>
> > Sorry to bother you, and apologies if you've already done so, but I
>   > think as many people as possible should read this book:
>
> >
> > http://craphound.com/littlebrother/Cory_Doctorow_-_Little_Brother.htm
> >
>
> > The full text is available at the link above. Here's the first sentence:
> >
> > "I'm a senior at Cesar Chavez high in San Francisco's sunny Mission
>   > district, and that makes me one of the most surveilled people in the
> world."
> >
> > If you like the  book, or even if you just can't be bothered to read
>   > it right now, please pass the link on to anyone you think might be
>   > interested in issues surrounding freedom and control in an information
>   > society.  Especially kids.
> >
> > Thank you for your attention,
> >
> > -- Joe
>
>
> Maybe a few of them will read it.  That first sentence is a great
> hook.
>
> -- JK
>
>
> --
> I do not particularly want to go where the money is -
>   it usually does not smell nice there. -- A. Stepanov
>
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