Hi Kevin,<br><br>I wonder if you could investigate, if not read, this: <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/~allison/saito.html">http://www.stanford.edu/~allison/saito.html</a><br><br>ast year, I published a Sci-Fi fantasy novel to illustrate the goal
of my research, as a sequel to Prof. Jun Murai's book about the Internet
for children.
<p>
I have translated the novel into English, and begun to distribute it
under a CreativeCommons license so that people around the world can
read the novel, and also hopefully help me improve the document and
my research.
</p><p>
The novel is titled "NEO IN WONDERLAND - A Tale of Money That Changed
Our Future". The home url of the novel is
<a href="http://grsj.jp/neo.pdf">
http://grsj.jp/neo.pdf </a>
</p><p>
Please help spread the word about the novel.
</p><p>
</p><hr>
<b>Overview of the novel:</b>
<p>
Today, humanity seems to be suffering from a trilogy of problems: we are
living in the era of Peak Oil in which the world production of
petroleum is about to hit its peak if not it has already done so (energy
crisis), which is probably the fundamental reason why we are
experiencing the severest economic depression in the history of
capitalism (economic crisis), while the whole human activities with
effects to change the earthly environment are alleged to be the cause of
climate changes (environmental crisis).
</p><p>
Some argue that moving toward so-called green economy, or changing to
natural energy sources instead of relying on fossil fuels, is the
solution to all these. Will it work, or will it just introduce another
level of the same trilogy of problems as long as our economy requires to
keep growing?
</p><p>
Let's begin an adventure with Accianco, a kindergarten girl, Kencha, a
super robot, and Puppy-chan, a puppy, to explore an alternative solution
in this sci-fi monetary fantasy novel. The story begins one year after
the past adventure of the trio, in which they visited the Wonderland
where the Internet is utilized in an extreme fashion.
</p><p>
Dr. Suttokoholm, a blind genius scientist in the Wonderland, is
kidnapped by the Army of Centricity that aims to invade the country!
Accianco, Kencha, Puppy-chan and Accianco's mother go to the Wonderland
through the wormhole invented by Dr. Suttokoholm.
</p><p>
A new adventure begins around the centerless monetary mechanism in the
centerless Wonderland that takes place in Hunan City, a big city in the
Wonderland.
</p><p>
What is the Army of Centricity after? Will Accianco and her friends be
able to save Dr. Suttokoholm?
</p><p>
The story evolves in an unexpected way as they encounter mysterious NEO
in the Wonderland.
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