"Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn't matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state.“


-Iain Banks

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Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn't matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state.

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