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BK · Book · 2003 · novel

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

Cory Doctorow

The machines

Post-scarcity production, plus mind backup and restore — death is an inconvenience.

What people do all day

Compete, viciously, over the right to operate rides at Walt Disney World. The currency is Whuffie: accumulated reputation, continuously scored, spendable on nothing but standing.

Pattern

Manufactured scarcity — The abundance is real, so a new scarcity gets invented to compete over.


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