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Loughlalast Monday at 2:08 AM2 repliesview on HN

The things I took away from reading Niven was transfer booths. The world has homogenized because information and people were transmitted instantly one from corner of the globe to another.

Ooohhh boy.


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eszedlast Monday at 4:32 AM

I loved the conservation of momentum "hack" for those teleportation booths. Go on, everyone who hasn't read it, see if you can guess how he dealt with that.

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bayindirhlast Monday at 8:31 AM

If you want to see this idea taken to the next level, you should read Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos. ;)

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