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"Beyond a thousand years from now humans are not quite recognizably human, and I have trouble finding characters."
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![]() Fascinating picture presented of life in isolation.
Everything you need - information, food, even medical care - is provided to you. No one needs to leave their room.
The clumsy system of public gatherings had been long since abandoned; neither Vashti nor her audience stirred from their rooms. Seated in her armchair she spoke, while they in their armchairs heard her, fairly well, and saw her, fairly well.
See the reference for the telemedicine apparatus from the same story. See also micro-bachelor apartment from Idoru by William Gibson, automated apartment maintenance from Ubik by Philip K. Dick and Quadraturin from Quadraturin, by Sigizmund Krzhizhanowsky. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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