Robotic surgery exists; remote surgery is just that plus telecommunications, which also exists. The fact that we could set up a surgeon in Edinburgh to operate on a patient in New Zealand is impressive enough, whether or not we see a specific need to do so.
why even today I can make some wise-ass comment about some ancient artifact of a video and post it to everyone else in the world who decides to waste a bunch of time reading other wise-ass comments about old video clips or new clips of people farting into campfires and what-not
I've been in favor of not having to go to the city for your job for a long time, and wonder why we're so slow at getting there. There's a social component to a job, and not wanting to be at home all of the time though.
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