Thread: Would you ride the "Sin Express"?
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Old 02-23-2009, 04:21 PM   #16
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SciFi writer Larry Niven wrote a series of short stories (in the 80’s IIRC) about a future where cheap, reliable teleportation is commonplace. His predictions of how it would change our culture are very interesting (“flash mobs” anyone?).
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