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I read Neuromancer a few years back, I liked it. I do don't normally read scifi as it tends to annoy me. However this didnt. One thing that really stuck out fo

I read Neuromancer a few years back, I liked it. I do don't normally read scifi as it tends to annoy me. However this didnt. One thing that really stuck out for me was that _everyone_ had memory foam mattresses. The slums, the really slick holiday homes, everyone.

Cthulhu_ 5y ago
> One thing that really stuck out for me was that _everyone_ had memory foam mattresses. The slums, the really slick holiday homes, everyone. Interesting; I guess it could be explained in-universe by economies of scale, that is, (memory) foam mattresses being faster and cheaper to produce than other types of mattresses. I'm thinking of spring mattresses, which actually have parts and different materials, whereas foam can be just a single block I think? And when you think about logistics, memory foam can be compacted and vacuum sealed for transport.