![]() ![]() While the Daemon is a technological creation, much of the work is carried out by human beings, compelled by the Daemon to change the world, according to the vision of Matthew Sobol.Ĭonnected by the "Darknet", the human followers, using Sobol's game engine (for his award-winning game "The Gate") as a base, have created their own ranking system and economy. ![]() Many companies have surrendered, either out of fear of annihilation or because they have been converted to the fairer and more efficient system using a kind of government by algorithm. Sobol's distributed AI has already infiltrated the computer systems of numerous companies and governments. ![]() The sequel picks up shortly after the end of Daemon. Freedom™, the sequel to Daemon, is the second of a two-part novel, by American writer Daniel Suarez, about a distributed, persistent computer application, known as The Daemon, that begins to change the real world after the original programmer's death. ![]()
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