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A review by tensy
Infoquake by David Louis Edelman
4.0
This is an unusual science fiction book that reads more like a Wall Street memoir. Very detailed world that describes a post-apocalyptic future where bio/logics programs run our bodies. Interesting characters which are multi-dimensional and flawed, yet you keep rooting for them to succeed. The plot resonates with issues we are now confronting about uncontrolled greed in business, politics and unchecked technological advances, and what this means for humanity as a whole. This book was written in 2006 and will be part of a trilogy, thus many of the questions are left unanswered in the end.
Edelman was truly ahead of his time. Favorite quote by Vigal:
"I mean that the world runs by natural laws, Natch. Just as there are laws of physics and thermodynamics and gravity, there are social dynamics too. Laws of humanity...the universe does push and pull you in certain directions, but that doesn't mean it wants you to succeed. For thousand of years, we've been telling tales about the dangers that befall people who accomplish too much. Why? Because those tales have an underlying truth: power unbalances the natural energy of the world...too much power concentrated in one place creates stasis. And stasis is anathema to a universe that desires constant motion and change."
Think about this in terms of Enron, Madoff, BP, Oil cartels/oil depletion. I often think that science fiction is the best genre to create plot metaphors for our modern day social conditions.
Edelman was truly ahead of his time. Favorite quote by Vigal:
"I mean that the world runs by natural laws, Natch. Just as there are laws of physics and thermodynamics and gravity, there are social dynamics too. Laws of humanity...the universe does push and pull you in certain directions, but that doesn't mean it wants you to succeed. For thousand of years, we've been telling tales about the dangers that befall people who accomplish too much. Why? Because those tales have an underlying truth: power unbalances the natural energy of the world...too much power concentrated in one place creates stasis. And stasis is anathema to a universe that desires constant motion and change."
Think about this in terms of Enron, Madoff, BP, Oil cartels/oil depletion. I often think that science fiction is the best genre to create plot metaphors for our modern day social conditions.