The things I took away from reading Niven was transfer booths. The world has homogenized because information and people were transmitted instantly one from corner of the globe to another.

Ooohhh boy.

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eszed 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

I loved the conservation of momentum "hack" for those teleportation booths. Go on, everyone who hasn't read it, see if you can guess how he dealt with that.

	▲	Loughla 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		I love the ring world series until all the furry porn. He really should've stopped before coming up with rishing.

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bayindirh 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

If you want to see this idea taken to the next level, you should read Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos. ;)

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Loughla 3 days ago | parent [-]

I have a tattoo of the tree ship yggdrasill.

The consul's tale should be required reading for anyone working in the tech field.

	▲	bayindirh 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I consider the whole Cantos as a great book on ethics and empathy. Funnily, every syncthing node on my network has a Farcaster folder. Maybe I should read it again sometime.