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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