Diaspora starts about a thousand years from now. Most of human civilisation has moved inside computers; essentially, a … - Greg Egan

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When I was in Russia I found that I thought I was going to give these people that I was interviewing a whole bunch of choice in terms of what they could drink while we were chatting.

Greg Egan

Diaspora starts about a thousand years from now. Most of human civilisation has moved inside computers; essentially, a major branch of our descendants consists of conscious software.

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