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Daemon

Daemon

Daemon and Freedom™ comprise a two-part novel by the author Daniel Suarez about a distributed, persistent computer application, The Daemon, that begins to change the real world after the original programmer's death.


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“Mammals of every species indulge in play. Games are Nature's way of preparing us to face difficult realities.”

Source: Daemon (2006), Chapter 45: Respawning, Character: Sobel

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“I suspect that democracy is not viable in a technologically advanced society. Free people wield too much ability to destroy.”

Source: Daemon (2006), Chapter 45: Respawning, Character: Sobel

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“You never understood games. Maybe that's why the world was such a mystery to you.”

Source: Daemon (2006), Chapter 45: Respawning, Character: Sobel

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“You know, the average Chinese factory worker must think Americans are insane.”

Source: Daemon (2006), Chapter 45: Respawning, Character: Laney Price
Context: You know, the average Chinese factory worker must think Americans are insane. Picture this: you work at a plant that makes Halloween stuff—you know, like, rubber severed heads. And you're all like: Americans decorate their homes with severed heads? These fuckers are savages, man.

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“This was as far from Main Street as he'd ever been. This wasn't the tattooed, pierced, neo-tribal rebellious bullshit of his generation. This was a quiet demonstration of networked power. This was it.”

Source: Daemon (2006), Chapter 19: Sarcophagus
Context: He was beginning to feel the rush now. This wasn't a game, and it was clearly designed by a well-funded and technologically capable person. He had always sought the edge—and this was it. This was as far from Main Street as he'd ever been. This wasn't the tattooed, pierced, neo-tribal rebellious bullshit of his generation. This was a quiet demonstration of networked power. This was it.

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“Technology. It is the physical manifestation of the human will.”

Source: Daemon (2006), Chapter 35: Cruel Calculus, Character: Sobol
Context: "Technology. It is the physical manifestation of the human will. It began with simple tools. Then came the wheel, and on it goes to this very day. Civilizations rise and fall based on technological innovation. Bronze falls to iron. Iron falls to steel. Steel falls to gunpowder. Gunpowder falls to circuitry." Sobol looked toward the camera again. "For those among you who don't understand what's happening, let me explain: the Great Diffusion has begun—an era when the nation state dissolves. Technology will cause this. As countries compete for markets in the global economy, diffusion of high technology will accelerate. It will result in a diffusion of power. And diffusion of power will make countries an ineffective organizing principle. At first, marginal governments will fail. Larger states will not be equipped to intercede effectively. These lawless regions will become breeding grounds for international crime and terrorism. Threats to centralized authority will multiply. Centralized power will be defenseless against these distributed threats. You have already experienced the leading edge of this wave."

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“Perfect replication is the enemy of any robust system”

Source: Daemon (2006), Chapter 31: Red Queen Hypothesis, Character: Sobol
Context: Perfect replication is the enemy of any robust system... Lacking a central nervous system—much less a brain—the parasite is a simple system designed to compromise a very specific target host. The more uniform the host, the more effective the infestation.

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