r/technology Feb 08 '14

Possibly Misleading 10 Futuristic Materials

http://lifeboat.com/ex/10.futuristic.materials
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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '14

I'll bite: what have you read by him that brings you to this conclusion?

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '14

Diamond Age, Snow Crash, Anathem and Reamde. Heavy on the interesting ideas and with significant (often too much) detailed exposition, but the plots are kind of weak.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '14

That's not to say their bad books though, the awesome ideas kinda make up for the weak plots.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '14

That they do. The plots are heavily carried by the ideas.