The bit about wearables reminds me of this quote from Neuromancer: > He stared through the glass at a flat lozenge of vatgrown flesh that lay on a carved pedes

The bit about wearables reminds me of this quote from Neuromancer: > He stared through the glass at a flat lozenge of vatgrown flesh that lay on a carved pedestal of imitation jade. ... it was tattooed with a luminous digital display wired to a subcutaneous chip. Why bother with the surgery, he found himself thinking, while sweat coursed down his ribs, when you could just carry the thing around in your pocket?