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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
I notice you advertise one of your books as being a bit like Star Trek. Do they have any form of replicator type device, or did the corporations crush it at patent stage?
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Those would be the
Kestral stories. No, I didn't put replicators (the kind common to
Star Trek) into the series, because to my mind, the very existence of replicators would mean the end of need, want, commerce, value, finance, etc. They are literally the Genies of the future, able to conjure up literally anything your heart desires at an instant's notice. If they exist, there is no need to want or do...
anything. Nothing to have conflict over. No reason to work.
And ironically, any attempt to control them would present a similar situation to ebooks: You can always use one to create more, and eventually, there's no keeping them contained.
To me, Trek-type replicators simply cannot exist in tandem to a world where people fight, strive and work for any goal. Perhaps big, complicated, expensive replicators could exist... but even they would be too disruptive, and probably sow nothing but chaos in any society.