Comments on: The Validators: A short story on the Net as a world-changer http://www.teleread.org/2007/12/26/the-validators-a-short-story-on-the-net-as-a-world-changer/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:24:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jason Etheridge http://www.teleread.org/2007/12/26/the-validators-a-short-story-on-the-net-as-a-world-changer/comment-page-1/#comment-674258 Jason Etheridge Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:54:34 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/26/the-validators-a-short-story-on-the-net-as-a-world-changer/#comment-674258 A dystopian view of the future, which is only too plausible. The notion that travel restrictions resulting from efforts to combat global warming would inevitably lead us all to spend most of our time online (which is happening anyway) hadn't occurred to me. The potential consequences of such societal changes are brought out very nicely (if frighteningly!) in the story. Overall, it's a good read, though I'm not sure where it ended up (the conclusion left me scratching my head, as it were). A dystopian view of the future, which is only too plausible. The notion that travel restrictions resulting from efforts to combat global warming would inevitably lead us all to spend most of our time online (which is happening anyway) hadn’t occurred to me. The potential consequences of such societal changes are brought out very nicely (if frighteningly!) in the story.

Overall, it’s a good read, though I’m not sure where it ended up (the conclusion left me scratching my head, as it were).

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