Power to the People (Score 1)

Stephenson created a book that not only expands on the past and future of cryptology, but serves as encouragement for hackers everywhere. Using skill and craft to thwart powerful, but technically inferior, forces (i.e. governments, multinationals, militaries).

Neal is the anti-Clancy. Instead of encouraging world domination, with the United States as global judge and jury, Stephenson projects a world where power is deseminated. It only takes a small percentage of like minded individuals with the right tools.

I agree with the politics and have a overactive imagination so I can look past some of the faults. Just use your imagination to picture the future of Epiphyte and the crypt. That ending doesn't need to be written.

Moose