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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 7878195" data-attributes="member: 53980">Assuming that things don't go post apocalyptic due to religious war or the like, I would expect another tech boom - well, a magi-tech boom. It sounds like magic can be used to solve certain problems more easily than science (your example of a star drive that converts photons into exotic particles). And it is compatible with tech. Therefore,  I think that as soon as it became available tech companies would immediately begin examining whether projects they've had to shelf due to engineering limitations might now be possible thanks to magic. Those with the skills would almost certainly be in extremely high demand, which would in turn increase demand for education in the field (the T-field, pun intended). It wouldn't just be people who have a genuine interest in magic who want to learn, but also those driven by more material and social interests. Years down the line, you'd have a field where demand would likely still be strong, but saturated with second-rate magicians, where many companies will have learned the hard way that not just anyone with a BS of T-Field Studies is equivalent. I believe it's likely that with the exposure that the big tech companies could provide (and their vested interest in having the public gain an acceptance of magi-tech) that magic and "demihumans" would rapidly gain acceptance from the general population. People might be nervous in the short term, but once Shpoogle and AceBook begin touting the amazing conveniences of magi-tech, the majority of people will likely come to embrace it. I mean, who wouldn't want a TV that will find the show you want to watch, without any channel surfing, and without you even knowing it? Some hate is likely to exist of course, but probably only within a minority. There will likely be people who claim all sorts of things, like magic gives you cancer or causes you to become possessed, but especially if big tech stands against them (in the interest of preventing the spread of bigotry and misinformation of course) they'll be relegated to standing on street corners and shouting. Lawsuits over freedom of speech would be sure to follow, but after the years it would take to resolve those general acceptance would already be firmly rooted, with nothing short of mass catastrophe being likely to dislodge it thereafter.</blockquote>

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