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johnyzee on Nov 25, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ender's Game Review

About the faded in time thing, I always felt Ender's Game was surprisingly precise in predicting the rise of online discussion communities, and how their anonymous celebrities can influence a lot of people, while just being a bunch of kids in their bedrooms. The book's from 1985 after all.

unalone on Nov 26, 2008 | [–]

Yeah. That part's very impressive. Although, frankly, I'd take Fake Steve Jobs over Locke and Demosthenes any day.

I hadn't thought of that before. I'll have to read over that chapter again and check that out.

aaronblohowiak on Nov 26, 2008 | [–]

Peter?

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