Doctorow’s ‘whuffie’ made real

Paul Raven @ 17-07-2007

Via Bruce Sterling comes yet another example of a science fictional idea brought to life – RapLeaf looks to be a nascent incarnation of the ‘whuffie’ reputation economy from Cory Doctorow’s
novel Down And Out In The Magic Kingdom.

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