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Science fiction pioneer and cypherpunk, Vernor Steffen Vinge, passes away at 79

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Vernor Steffen Vinge died Wednesday at the age of 79 in La Jolla , California .

Vinge was a five -time winner of the prestigious Hugo Award for science fiction.

His work explored the concept in the seminal cyberpunk tome, “True Names” Vinge’s writing has major implications for artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency.

Satoshi Nakamoto , who may have been alarmed by what he/she/it built, should be praised for starting the crypto industry off on the right foot.

What comes next is not answerable in this lifetime, but, if you read Vinge , you might want to see it come to pass.