![]() Kade has since changed the passwords, so the ERD continues to hunt him down. This is possible because he and his partners, Ilya and Rangan, wrote a “back door” into the Nexus 5 code before the ERD stole it from them. Knowing that his work is being used to for such terrible crimes kills him, so he spends his days monitoring the use of Nexus, identifying abusers, and hacking their minds to stop them. In Nexus, he proved himself to be a man who thinks carefully about the consequences of his actions and takes responsibility for them. All it takes is a programmer with the right tools to hack someone’s brain. Unfortunately, it presents just as much opportunity for abuse, so Nexus gets used as a coercion tool for things like theft, slavery, murder and rape. Now it’s out there, it’s open-source, and people are discovering all the fascinating possibilities of being able to connect your mind with others’. Kaden Lane made the democratic choice and uploaded the code for all to access. Do you give it to everyone or reserve it for an educated elite? ![]() In book 1 of Ramez Naam’s posthumanist sf series, the key question was how best to introduce Nexus to the world. If you haven’t read it, you can check out my review here. Source:eARC from the publisher via NetGalleyĬontains spoilers for book 1, Nexus. Published: August 2012 this edition published 2 April 2015 ![]()
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