Grimm Meathook Future

The greatest hacker in the whole world just had kids.

"I want to work with other people to create kids' cartoons built on the Creative Commons license. I want loveable family memories that we, not the soulless megacorporations, own."

I suggested a loveable Nomura's jellyfish character. He slugged me in the arm.

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She pointed out her invention: a bundle of stretchy, fibrous, elastic mass.

"When the democratic process starts to erode," she said, "people start to lose faith in it. They ignore the results, accuse others of cheating, and tolerate cheaters on their own side. Corruption goes unpunished and so it becomes profitable."

"And what's this?" I asked, pointing back to the vat.

"Oh, it helps hold elections together smoothly. This is electoral collagen."