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In reply to the discussion: "I don't want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network." [View all]ismnotwasm
(42,674 posts)I love technology. I want ebooks, all the hookups and I can hardly wait for the brain implant that will hook me up to the internet, while knowing if Im rich I will have a custom hookup that protects body and mind, and pressure ulcers if Im poor.
Never thought cyberpunk would be an ACTUAL template for society.
Or, to use the a quote from Neil Stephenson
We are all susceptible to the pull of viral ideas. Like mass hysteria. Or a tune that gets into your head that you keep humming all day until you spread it to someone else. Jokes. Urban legends. Crackpot religions. Marxism. No matter how smart we get, there is always this deep irrational part that makes us potential hosts for self-replicating information.
― Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash