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The current issue of Discover Magazine contains a flattering write-up of Game Neverending ("a fascinating new project" and "a delightfully open-ended virtual space that encourages new sociopolitical structures") in Steven Johnson's Emerging Technology column.
The column revists the publication of computer scientist David Gelernter's book Mirror Worlds over a decade after its first release. In the book, Gelernter predicted "advances in computing power and connectivity would lead to the creation of virtual cities: micro versions of the real world built out of data streams and algorithms instead of bricks and concrete."
The influential book brought the promise of previously unimagined amounts of information made accessible through computerized mappings to real world places to the attention of a wide audience — included Ted Kaczynski, the 'Unabomber', who badly injured Gelernter with a mail bomb package in 1993.
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