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"In 1977, it took about eight months for a slightly faster more refined mechanism to put punk in the window of Holt Renfrew. It's gotten faster ever since."
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![]() In the future Earth of the novel, if you wanted to be smarter, you could actually grow more brainier. Special genetic tampering called E Therapy could give anyone a huge frontal lobe.
Unfortunately, the process sometimes resulted in an irreversible loss of brain function. But,
by and large, worth the risk. Recent research has indicated that, while there is a general
relationship between brain size and IQ, it's the number of connections within your brain that
count.
For example, if you were to read all of the entries in this website, and then understand the
connections and relationships between them, your brain would grow more complex to accomodate
your new knowledge. What are you waiting for?
Compare to the electro-culturer from The Ancient Brain (1929) by A.G. Stangland and the Methuen Treatment from The Exalted (1940) by L. Sprague de Camp.
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