Articles & Essays

It has been covered by every news network, complete with handy visuals, because a standard corporate unveil is now a news story – clumsy CEO wrecks own vehicle. It’s not relegated to the tech or motoring pages any more

The year is 207X. Corruption, crime and poverty reign supreme. Humans and Lilim (humanoid robots) co-exist in relative harmony, and the trigger-happy law enforcement known as White Knights ensure that everyone abides by the rules. It all sounds like a classic cyberpunk tale: everyone is injected with nanomachines, people barely scrape by and the government makes sure that it stays that way.

Can a sex robot ever replace an actual human interaction?

While an extraordinary array of people could, without a valid reason, casually observe how often and how long their brothers-in-law spent on Spankbang, they wouldn’t be able to tell which particular lesbian dwarf facesitting video they had been watching, without a reasonable degree of certainty that a crime was being committed.

Technology is allowing borders to become almost invisible, and more secure, without the need for additional walls or fences. But just because you can’t see them, doesn’t mean that they can’t see you.