illegible_scribble
11/27/2019
This novella is the gem of the quartet in Doctorow's collection Radicalized. It's a near-future extrapolation of the present, where the Internet of Things has been unsurprisingly used to prevent poor people from being able to exercise personal agency, followed by the inevitable consequences of hacking an unjust system. This story manages to be both uplifting and depressing at the same time. Highly recommended.