"Snow Crash"

The story gets into describing this drug, named "snow crash", and how it affects the human brain and how because of the brain structure, it’s more susceptible to its effects.

This drug is also referred to as a “meta drug”, as it’s abel to happen online, similar to hackers, but for the brain.I feel that this gives the topic of drugs a creative spin on it, and making it more relatable, especially to those who are inundated with technology and how its so precious to them. The fact that the drug targets  and rewires the brains of people, some who are hackers, the author is able to play on how technology has become such a gluttonous resource that we are ally drawn to not matter what. And how if it gets tampered with for us, we start to become frail and damaged mentally and emotionally. It’s all done to stabilize our over dependence on technology and the types of people who are associated with it.

Commercial ads are also a small aspect in the story. In it, it talks about how it bombards Hiro, telling him about his colleagues and making him want to come back to work for the mafia. I feel that this is an amusing mirror to how we are constantly being shoved commercials and adds into our faces , especially in between watching shows and other aspects of entertainment.  

Overall, I really feel that technology and the over dependence for it is a factor in the story of Snow Cash. Everything from the mafia group to the pizza delivery business, technology is always used. Film is used in the mafia, as well as their scanners to look at their member’s personal information. This is also used for the pizza delivery service, as it's also used to look at their employees, and look at how they can be used to sometimes even invade, their personal space. Technology in the story can be used either in a way that helps or can harm.