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"I think engineering will supply our demand for a "spiritual" life after meat death."
- Bart Kosko
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| Tru-Mem Systems | ||
| Organic process of recalling personal events. |
We are all born with tru-mem systems; in PKD's future, we have something better, thanks to Rekal, Incorporated.
| "Is an extra-factual memory that convincing?" Quail asked.
"More than the real thing, sir. Had you really gone to Mars as an Interplan agent, you would by now have forgotten a great deal; our analysis of tru-mem systems - authentic recollection of major events in a person's life - shows that a variety of details are very quickly lost to the person. Forever. Part of the package we offer you is such deep implantation of recall that nothing is forgotten..." |
| From We Can Remember It For You Wholesale,
by Philip K. Dick. Published by Fantasy and SF in 1966 Additional resources -
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I always enjoy words like this one, which accentuate future technology by coming up with a new word for an existing technology. A similar kind of word is the "groundcar", as opposed to those commonplace flying cars. Be sure to see the article on the corresponding concept extra-factual memory.
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