The technologies described in the book are certainly not science fiction and well within our grasp at the present time, or achievable over the next decade. A question is how plausible is such an event scenario for the world we live in now, and the world of our children?
Thanks for mentioning this book: I missed it before this.
There's a good talk by Suarez at:<p><a href="http://fora.tv/2008/08/08/Daniel_Suarez_Daemon_Bot-Mediated_Reality" rel="nofollow">http://fora.tv/2008/08/08/Daniel_Suarez_Daemon_Bot-Mediated_...</a>
I liked the book. I got the audio version as a gift and listened to it on a long automobile trip. It is not boring and the technology is plausible. <i></i><i></i><i>