![]() ![]() ![]() At midnight, on this hillside, perched in the dark above this city with her pine standing in for a Bo, Mimi gets enlightened. Some slight change in the atmosphere, the humidity, and her mind becomes a greener thing. “She leans back again against the pine’s trunk. "All the things you say people really want? Real life? Soon we won't even remember how it used to go."p229-30” And all this?" He waves, as people do on phones, even knowing Chris can't see him. The world will be a game, with on-screen scores. We'll live and trade and make deals and have love affairs, all in symbol space. But soon we'll carry all of that around in our pockets. Forever? Maybe." Neelay stares into his screen, a world coming on hard, where social status will accrue entirely by votes in a space that is at once instant, global, anonymous, virtual, and merciless. They'll still want prestige and social status. “I think that soon enough- not right away, but soon- if software keeps getting better and giving us more room, I think that we'll be able to make ourselves into anything we want. ![]()
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