“The Bitchun Society has had much experience with restores from backup—in the era of the cure for death, people live pretty recklessly. Some people get refreshed a couple dozen times a year.”

—  Cory Doctorow, book Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (2003)

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