A review by tomasthanes
Lawful Interception by Cory Doctorow
3.0
As with every Cory Doctorow book, you get exposure and discussion of new (to me) political ideas. This story discussed the traditional spectrum of representative democracy vs. absolute democracy, then introduced "fluid democracy" as compromise enabled by technology.
This was embedded in a story about "Occupy Seneca" and the city of Oakland and the (fictional) protests there. This may not be entirely fictional (https://twitter.com/threethirty/status/410762297636708353, http://facilitatingchange.org/2014/01/commonspace-resilence-innovation-libraries/).
This was embedded in a story about "Occupy Seneca" and the city of Oakland and the (fictional) protests there. This may not be entirely fictional (https://twitter.com/threethirty/status/410762297636708353, http://facilitatingchange.org/2014/01/commonspace-resilence-innovation-libraries/).