Comment by larodi
20 days ago
Now and then I remember this Hyperion book by Dan Simmons where everyone had a cross-like gadget glued to their chests, controlled by a TechnoCore - a civilization of AIs, which enabled people to cast themselves through space portals. As the story unfolds, this cross-like (very nice choice) gadget is revealed to essentially enslaving them.
The story unfolds in 28th century, but it all seems have started in the 21st one.
I'm certain that Google would turn their users into resurrected brain-dead meat computers if that would improve their quarterly profits