Charles Stross's 2005 singularity novel following three generations of the Macx family through exponential technological acceleration — from near-future internet startup culture through post-singularity posthumanism — considered the most serious fictional treatment of the technological singularity.
Creates the most technically rigorous fictional account of the singularity — Stross's extrapolation of current tech trends (smart contracts, reputation economies, uploaded minds) is grounded in real ideas from computer science and economics.
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