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1、ThirteenbyRichardK.MorganACKNOWLEDGMENTSThishasbeenatoughone,andIoweagreatdealofthanksinagreatmanyplaces.Ihavebegged,borrowed,andstolenfromjustabouteverywheretogetThirteenwritten.Itbeinganovelofsciencefiction,let’sstartwiththescience:Theoriginalideaforvariantthir
2、teenwasinspiredbythetheorizingofRichardWranghamonthesubjectofdiminishinghumanaggression,asdescribedbyMattRidleyinhisexcellentbookNatureViaNurture.Ihavetakenvastfictionallibertieswiththeseideas,andvariantthirteenasitemergesinthisbookisinnowayintendedtorepresenteit
3、herMr.Wrangham’sorMr.Ridley’sthoughtsonthesubject.Thesegentlemensimplyprovidedmewithaspringboard—theratheruglysplashthatfollowsisofmymakingalone.Theconceptofartificialchromosomeplatformsisalsoborrowed,inthiscasefromGregoryStock’sfascinatingandslightlyscarybookRed
4、esigningHumans,which,alongwithNatureViaNurtureandStevenPinker’sbrilliantTheBlankSlateandHowtheMindWorks,servedasthebulkinspirationformostofthefuturegeneticscienceI’vedreameduphere.Onceagain,anymanglingormisuseofthematerialIfoundintheseoutstandingworksmustbelaidso
5、lelyatmydoor.Yaroshankointuitivefunction,thoughmyowninvention,owesalargedebtofinspirationtoveryrealresearchdoneonsocialnetworks,asdescribedinMarkBuchanan’sbookSmallWorld.AndI’mpersonallyindebtedtoHannuRajaniemiattheUniversityofEdinburghfortakingthetimeto(tryto)ex
6、plainquantumgametheoryanditspotentialapplicationstome,thusgivingmethebasisfortheNewMathanditssubtlebutfar-reachingsocialimpact.ThanksalsomustgotoSimonSpanton,stareditor,forpatientlyhelpingmewranglethetechnicallogisticsofMars–Earthcryocapping.Inthepoliticalsphere,
7、IwasheavilyinfluencedbytwoveryperceptiveandratherdepressingbooksabouttheUnitedStates,TheRightNationbyJohnMicklethwaitandAdrianWoolridgeandWhat’stheMatterwithAmericabyThomasFrank,aswellasthebrilliantandslightlylessdepressingStiffedbySusanFaludi.Whilethesebooksallf
8、edintotheconceptoftheSecessionandthegenderthemesarisinginThirteen,theConfederatedRepublicitself(akaJesusland)wasinspiredbythenowfamousJesuslandmapmeme,created(
