Diamond Age becoming true?

I think you and cartridge both could write a winning science fiction series there I'm only going on with the theories and the possibilities, they both sound equally interesting

canada is poised to be amongst the top 3 diamond producers in the next ten years. looking over the Toronto Stock Exchange, you'll find several companies already active in mining, and dozens upon dozens in the exploration business. these are clean diamonds, in fact a couple of these companies are going out of their way to involve the northern native communities into the lucrative business.

one thing that is very beneficial about synthetic diamonds is that once they can be mass produced cheaply, they will be an incredible boon on information technology. my understanding is they are fantastic semi conductors or resistors or something like that. something good for computers. jauani not know geek tech.

there are some very significant difference between natural and synthetic diamonds, particularly the ones created chemically (i think that's apollo, in boston).

these diamonds are flawless! you can not find a diamond like that in nature.
these diamonds contain trace quantities of a catylizing chemical which would not be found in natural diamonds.

the imported russian technology is still not very economical and produces pretty bad diamonds, last i checked.

It is absolutely amazing how SF authors envision the future, from the writings of Jules Verne or the sketches of Da Vinci, to modern writers like Asimov or Stephenson. I debate how much is prophesy and how much is self-fulfilling.


Stephenson made a number of stunning predictions in Snow Crash. Realize this was written in the EARLY 90s.

1. First and formost, of course, is the worldwide use of the Metaverse. Hello, Second Life?
2. Outsourcing of everything in America besides:
- movies
- music
- microcode (software)
- high speed pizza delivery
3. Privitization of all governments. Sort of a feudal - corporate society.
4. 3-D glasses that will beam light directly into the retinas to provide true 3-D.
5. Wheels that are a series of mechanical spokes that provide frictionless movement.
6. Federal government actively monitoring every aspect of employees - not only videotaping them and conditioning them in grueling interrogations, but even looking at how long a person reads company e-mails and how fast they scroll, whether they go back on the page to reread things, etc.
7. Luddite religious cult leader using high-tech (virus called snow crash) to create an army of mindless minions.
8. Hand-held rapid-fire railguns. (Better listen to Reason!)
9. Anti-rape security implant that ... well... instantly tranquilizes the offender.
10. The most brilliant programmers with no money to show, but nearly unlimited power in the Metaverse.
11. Spam advertising everywhere.
12. Housing becoming so expensive from overcrowding that people live in 10x10 foot storage units.

I DO love YT... she used speed pizza deliverers to be pulled ahead...

YUGE fan of The Diamond Age here. *listens to what has to be said*

Wait.. that gives me an idea. Would anyone like a pizza-delivery-cum-escort-service in SL? The Pizza Parlour could have a club and private rooms for people who are waiting for their takeaway, too.

ANY ONE INTERESTED IN INVESTING?!

Mmmm, carbon!

Graphene - a sheet of carbon one atom thick

Hexagonal Carbon - harder than diamond!

Carbon sure is neat stuff. ^^

Oh, duh, almost forgot a really cool device in The Diamond Age

Paper with nano-writing - responding to speech, stylus, whatever... electric charges along the paper that would rearrange ink - or whatever writing medium - and do neat things like fold on command perfectly, etc.

With conductive carbon sheet, one could use a X,Y (or X,Y,W depending on the geometry) grid just like a plasma TV or a liquid crystal display.

So, having a conductive sheet of carbon could be perhaps layed on a regular paper shows a lot of potential to go Stephenson's route.

I want to be a light bulb/billboard

LED Fabric