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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JamesDJarvis" data-source="post: 2151477" data-attributes="member: 2515">It doesn't have to actually be "psionics"  to play like psionics.  If the net gets so pervasive  everything is connected in some manner or another (by everythign i mean everything like cartons of milk, ammunition and emergency brakes ) . It might be possible to do all sorts of tricks that look like psychic mumbo-jumbo but are actually controlling the various doodads.Folks also under develop futuristic equipment all the time.   Computers could disapear to a contact lense monitor, with a pin head  sized speaker  in your ear.  things can get so little they effectively vanish.  Cyperpunk is about the impact of technology on human society and individuals not simply cybernetic mercenary burgulars and evil megacorps. What would the world be like if every child has a tracking chip installed at birth? Do normal folks even know this is happening?  What if every ad you saw and heard was specially tailored to you (or at least what folks thought you wanted)?What if you could instantly be in contact with anyone you know?Would public databases about everyone linked to visual data that could be tapped into by anyone at any moment produce a global village or a global prison? Do you really want your mom to be able to contact you anywhere anytime? Do you want that alluring woman you meet in the bar to be able to call up what your 1st girlfriend had to say about you after you broke up back in junior high?</blockquote>

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