Another of my holiday books was "
Rule 34"
by Charles Stross. It took some time to get
into this book, but I enjoyed it the end.
The plot is complicated, but it was all about
the future of spam and policing -- with huge
databases, social networking and spam bots,
all connecting together.
Although the technology was buzz word compliant,
the characters were fairly real.
Of particular note was the use of the "nudge theory"
in the planning of crimes, or the anti-crimes. This
nudge theory stuff is topical, because Cameron and
his Tory buddies like it, because they can control
people without hard rules.
Perhaps I should read the nudge theory book, but I am shocked to see
that I now have over 50 items on my kindle.