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Reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminal_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminal_Man
by aptwebapps 9y ago
Reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminal_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminal_Man
- YouAreGreat 9y agoAlso https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deepness_in_the_Sky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deepness_in_the_Sky > when a person began failing or slowing at a set task ... they were able to reverse it Vernor Vinge anticipated this treatment and called it "focus".
- aluhut 9y agoIt reminds me of the The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin (2nd book of the Three Body Problem trilogy) where one of the wallfacers came up with a chip to overcome defeatism in the troops (the Mental Seal). Scary but fascinating how fast future approaches.