I don't buy it. I read the Peripheral, and through the whole thing I was always asking "who actually built all the stuff these guys were inheriting"??? Are we assuming robots got to a level where incredible magical worlds could be built to server just a few people?

> Are we assuming robots got to a level where incredible magical worlds could be built to server just a few people?

Given the other tech in the novel, that seems highly likely. It includes nanobot "assemblers".

We built it, before we were intentionally allowed to die of climate change and flu pandemics. If you sell your labor for money you are building it, there is no plan for you afterwards.

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