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"One could imagine a very ascetic sort of life ... where the body is ignored. This is something I've played with in my books, where people hate to be reminded sometimes that they have bodies, they find it very slow and tedious."
- William Gibson
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| Networked assets allow ordinary people to search through nationwide job listings upon providing a short set of qualifications. |
Charles Forrester, revived in 2527 A.D., needed a job. How to find one? Simple - just ask your joymaker.
| He ordered breakfast and added, "Machine! How do I go about getting a job?"
"If you will state parameters, Man Forrester, I will inform you as to openings that may be suitable." "You mean, what kind of job? ...Just so it pays ... around ten million bucks a year." But the joymaker took it in stride. "Yes, Man Forrester. Please inform me further as to working conditions: home or external; mode of payment...; categories not to be considered; religious, moral or political objections..." |
| Technovelgy from The Age of The Pussyfoot,
by Frederik Pohl. Published by Ballantine in 1966 Additional resources -
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After due consideration, the joymaker provided him with a list of openings:
"Very well, Man Forrester. I will give you direct crude readout of new listings as received in real time. Marking. Mark! Item, curvilinear phase-analysis major, seventy-five hundred. Item, chef, full manual, Cordon Bleu experience, eighteen thousand..."
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