] The splintery metaconsciousness of the solar-system has
] largely sworn off its pre-post-human cousins dirtside,
] but its minds sometimes wander nostalgiawise. When that
] happens, it casually spams Earth's RF spectrum with plans
] for cataclysmically disruptive technologies that emulsify
] whole industries, cultures, and spiritual systems.
]
] A sane species would ignore these get-evolved-quick
] schemes, but there's always someone who'll take a bite
] from the forbidden Cox Pippin. There's always someone
] whom evolution has failed to breed the
] let's-lick-the-frozen-fencepost instinct out of. There's
] always a fucking geek who'll do it because it's a
] historical goddamned technical fucking imperative.

More fun Sci-fi from Cory Doctorow. This one is him and another author basically bouncing emails back and forth.

JURY SERVICE - Episode 1