Byzantine Empathy by Ken Liu ★★★★★
That was absolutely fascinating. The blockchain charity seems a good idea but I prefer GiveDirectly. Listening to Jianwen and Sophia argue is like listening to college me vs. the-world-complicated adult me.
Scary stuff! A.I. and corporate greed takeover a retirement community. Who listens to old people when computers and doctors are keeping them confined for their own good?
The Woman Who Destroyed Us by SL Huang ★★★★☆
As Deep Brain Stimulation and implants become normalized some fight back against its troubling elective uses. The story follows one would-be terrorist who could not reconnect with her formerly disabled son.
Chine Life by Paul McAuley ★★★★☆
I love any story that reminds me of Who Do You Love? by Kathleen Ann Goonan and Walkaway by Cory Doctorow. The reef is a hive mind and may, or may not, be humanity’s last chance.
Resolution by Clifford V. Johnson ★★★★☆
I disagree entirely with the main characters unilateral declaration of war. It was so Angry American - freedom regardless of absolutely everything (no voting needed - just rash action). Still, a neat little comic strip.
The Heart of the Matter by Nnedi Okorafor ★★★★☆
"Backward thinking will lead us all forward."
-Corrupt Nigerian General
This was a look at a better future for Nigeria - yet always one greedy coup away from a leap backward.
Different Seas by Alastair Reynolds ★★★½☆
Telepresence allows us to work from home, or farther, and aid each other over great distances.
Disasters Tourism by Malka Older ★★★☆☆
Between drones and the internet areas isolated by natural, or biologically engineered, disasters can be accessed like a video game.
Okay, Glory by Elizabeth Bear ★★★☆☆
Ok story about a tech billionaire who gets trapped in his own fortress of solitude.
A lot of effort went into this, so hat doff’d, but I did not enjoy it. This story was the ramblings of V’GER from Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
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