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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fast Learner" data-source="post: 367348" data-attributes="member: 649">Possibilities and LimitationsA couple of posters have noted some of the things I wanted to highlight.Don't limit yourself to what our technology does. Why have a light switch if waving your hand or saying a phrase can turn the light on instead? Light switches are, frankly, lousy technology if you can do just about anything you want. Televisions are really limited, the way you can only watch certain things, and it comes in a heavy box that's tethered to a power outlet, and you can only see the show from one side, and only in two dimensions, etc. Phones are lousy because you have to hold them in your hand, you have to know a special code in order to contact people, you have to have a special setup to talk with more than one person at a time, etc.And on the other hand don't assume that people would think of solutions to everything. People invent things all the time because no one happened to think of them before. Television, for instance, isn't necessarily obvious. A device that keeps food cool isn't obvious at all if you're in a warmer climate and haven't noticed how the cold keeps things from spoiling (especially not deep cold, like a refrigerator). And even remote communication (as a long-term solution) might not be obvious, whereas a device that seriously magnifies your voice might be.You get the idea. The place will seem much more magical to your players the more you think "out of the box."</blockquote>

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