re: #243 Obdicut

I’m sorry, but the changes include far more than just money and commerce. It’s also the end of the divine right of kings, the beginning of the equality of man. Dappa’s story, the treatment of Daniel at the Star Chamber and his eventual victory, and the transmutation of the concept of ‘power’ are all just as important, if not more so, than the money and commerce stuff.

I would guide you to a Wired interview with Stephenson, he attributes most of his Baroque cycle plot arc to money and commerce.

I suspect the author know what he is talking about.

wired.com