Next is L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (one of the most dapper men in SF/Fantasy, by the way), who talks about his new novel The Elysium Commission:

When I started The Elysium Commission, I was thinking about internet-type communications and advanced medicine and what might come of that combination – particularly the impact on information and identity.  In a market-driven, information/tech society, information is power.  Why would those with information make it available, except to benefit themselves?  Could government compel accurate disclosure?  Would it? What happens when people adopt multiple electronic and physical identities?  Is anyone whom he/she says she/he is? For how long? How reliable is the information by which you judge them or their business?  Even if it’s accurate, what’s missing? Who really controls society?