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No X are Y

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Virtually dead

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Call the experts

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A thinking man

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All shall watch all

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Thought Control: Machines can already tune into brain waves to bypass damaged nerves, and the day is coming when they may even plug into the brain itself

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Some of our Universe is missing

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Waiting for the fall of software's aristos?

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Make way for the digerati

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