[TriLUG] OT: Crowdsourcing in fiction

[Matt Nash]

It also figures significantly in Stross' novel Halting State.  Not 
exactly the human computation angle, but it involves people who think 
they are playing an augmented-reality game but are actually 
accomplishing something for someone else.

Neil L. Little wrote:
> The only one I can think of right now is Charles Stross. There was a 
> book featured a few months back on SciFi Book Club called Wireless. I 
> can't find it any more on the site.
>
> 73,
> Neil, WA4AZL
>
> Tom Eisenmenger wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm preparing a presentation on human computation and, to introduce the
>> idea, want to present a scenario that sets the tone of the talk.  I 
>> seem to
>> remember a scene in a "cyberpunk" short story or novel where the author
>> speaks of a near future where a popular viral cellphone game is, in 
>> fact,
>> helping researchers develop a cure or sequence DNA.  Problem is, I 
>> read the
>> passage years ago and have long forgotten its source.  Could have been
>> Gibson, maybe Stephenson, possibly Sterling - who knows?  I suspect a
>> sizeable percentage of list members have read some (if not all) of these
>> authors' works ;-)  If there's anyone out there who can help me 
>> remember,
>> I'd appreciate it!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tom
>>
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