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		mlang23 on July 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Neuralink Live Stream [video] This idea has already been used in a movie 24 years ago. Check out "Strange Days" (1995)

pjc50 on July 17, 2019 [–]

I suspect it's a lot older than that. Neuromancer (1984) has direct brain control of hacking, and I think it's a trope in various 70s sci-fi. I wouldn't be surprised if someone could find a citation from before the war.

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