I could see corporations tackling the hard issues our politicians fight over (heck, companies are already adopting green strategies without the government forcing them!), but on the other hand, the articles that detail the "improvements" in society are written with the companies looming in the background. What really should make you think, is society truly as great as people believe, or is all that simply company propaganda? Would the people alive in Sliver's time really know if the environment has improved since today? That's what makes the articles interesting to me - the thought that society could go like that, while wondering if it's all really a lie.hsimone wrote: ↑04 Aug 2018, 11:30 While reading the articles that Kelly reads following the events that has occurred the last 50 years, leading to the current state of the world, what struck you? Was there something that surprised you? Was there something that you liked? Something that disturbed you?
Though there are a myriad of disturbing things, I personally liked that the average lifespan of a person is 120 years and that the pollution decreased overtime.
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Those at the top...Dabuddhababe wrote: ↑07 Aug 2018, 18:57
The one thing I thought was interesting was that the government tried to keep it going in D.C., stubborn people.
You see the same thing going on all over the place. Take Sears Holdings. Customers have been telling them for years and years that their stores are dirty and out-dated. A simple facelift would probably do wonders for their lagging sales, but the management just ignores it. The carry on, business-as-usual, hoping things magically turn around on their own. Close stores and sell assets trying to carry the company through to that magical change instead of changing their own views and trying something different, ie., listening to their customers before they all leave for the competition!
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It seems that this could have been done in a vignette, with just the headlines, and some "meat" of one or two articles if further exposition might have been needed??Dabuddhababe wrote: ↑07 Aug 2018, 18:57 The chapter with all the news reports could have been laid out differently. The background info they were giving was great, but did we have to trudge through each article? Franklin could have summed up a lot of the boring stuff. I felt like Kelly did, when she got done reading them, staring off in space.
The one thing I thought was interesting was that the government tried to keep it going in D.C., stubborn people.
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That being said, I did not enjoy reading the 50 years worth of newspaper and inter office emails. I found it dull with only small snippets that made me go "Ah ha!"
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I completely agree with you. I think the book would have been easier to read if Sliver had updated Kelly instead of the onboard computer system.jcoad wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 06:45 I thought the Newspaper Articles section was the most painful thing I have ever tried to read. The time jumped around and was hard to follow. Way too much detail and rambling. I really with Sliver would have just sat down with Kelly and said "here is what happened" and spent a page giving her a background. If I wasn't reading the book for this forum I would have put it down and picked up something else.
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I agree that would be chaos.JHuschle519 wrote: ↑04 Aug 2018, 18:48Oh, I agree that it could happen ... I guess I just kind of hope it never does. I have a feeling it would be complete chaos. I hate paying taxes, but I would hate to see the state of the country if everyone suddenly stopped paying them.
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Maybe some more blog entries (like those which were thrown in before the supercorporations stepped in), or interviews by the reporters. I understood the concepts of how the supercorporations came about and what they did, but I didn't understand how all the people just decided it was fine to have a company know everything about you, and just carry on with their lives. I feel like people would be more angry about having everything about themselves on file, and speak out about this.
I guess the people who do so are the ones Sliver is sent to... so maybe some blog entries from the people who didn't want the supercorporations anymore?
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