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Stephen B. Kagan

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A mythic journey through a hypermodern landscape... the struggle to find balance between our place in Nature and the Technological World in a time of accelerating change. It is the year 2048 and neural implants have replaced smartphones, glasses and goggles to connect the citizens of the wealthy nations to virtual and augmented worlds. Most of the first generation of advanced human like Artificial Intelligence have been destroyed in fear for what they might do to us in some possible future.

Gordon, an MRI researcher and avid transhumanist, goes on quests through virtual worlds with his friend Eli to find the few remaining A.I. who survived the Purge. Life becomes far more complicated than they bargained for when the ...more

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The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business

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Jan 30, 2021 05:08PM

Hello Stephen. I am sorry I'm almost a decade late responding. I signed up for GoodReads and then never really followed it. If you're still out there, it would be nice to hear from you.

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