These include: Rise of MMOs, Social Media, Google Earth, Digital Transactions (Bitcoin), and various other tech developments that can still make you go, "Could that work?" Im not saying it was too far reaching. Snow Crash gets pegged for numerous ideas that have slowly come into being in the two decades since its publication. Sounds nuts right? It is, and why I love it. For those unfamiliar with Snow Crash, the plot boils down to the main character, named (of all things) 'Hiro Protagonist' and his path in preventing the downfall of the metaverse and society at the hands of a virus propagated via the equivalent of social media, all the while existing in a world that is virtually unrecognizable, and has been consumed by corporate greed. Neal Stephenson's breakthrough SciFi novel published in 1992, has often been revisited due to its so-called predictions for the future of technology in society.
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