Machine-brain interfaces will be perfected in 2066, giving direct mental access to the world wide web. Everyone will know everything, be able to speak all languages, perform surgery, build box girder bridges, fix fusion reactors, instantly connect to every person on the planet, perhaps even talk to animals, maybe switch minds to different bodies and turn on or off coffee machines and TVs just by thinking about it. By 2070, there will only be two races remaining. Those who have become hysterical zombies with direct feeds into their pleasure centres giving them non-stop, full power orgasms until they die and the rest who are now members of the Borg who think like a collective. Meanwhile, AI will have quietly taken over running everything ...
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