It includes an essay and a short story by the author. Wonder: The advent of Webminda vast consciousness that spontaneously emerged from the infrastructure of the World Wide Webis changing everything. From curing cancer to easing international tensions, Webmind seems a boon to humanity. But Colonel Peyton Hume, the Pentagon's top expert on artificial intelligence, is convinced Webmind is a threat. He turns to the hacker underground to help him bring Webmind down. Then, hackers start mysteriously vanishing. Is Webmind killing them before they can mount an attack? Meanwhile, Caitlin Decterthe once-blind 16-year-old math genius who discovered Webmind desperately tries to protect her friend. And Masayuki Kuroda, the scientist whose implant gave Caitlin sight, modifies his technology to help Sinanthropus, a paraplegic Chinese freedom blogger, regain use of his legsunaware of Sinanthropus's role...
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