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Since the book was conceived in a law school, many of my examples deal with the problem of adapting legal institutions to new technology. But that is accident, not essence. The technologies that require changes in our legal rules will affect not only law but marriage, parenting, political institutions, businesses, life, death and much else.

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[Wed Sep 28 18:19:36 PDT 2005-270] NOSPAMlegisjuris@yahoo.com.NOSPAM:
It will be fun! I can see it now -- is it cheating if you have sex with another woman in cyberspace? How bout if you just replay/re-experience someone else's recorded sexual encounter? If you can upload your conciousness onto silicon, are you still alive? If you're spouse dies physically, but his conciousness is uploaded, are you still married? If you both upload, did physical death part your marriage? Puts a new twist on loving a person forever! SCOTUS uploaded! Scalia sits on bench forever! Or even just extending life -- "Social Security retirement age moved to 140 as a result of life extension treatments! Still no solution for hordes of unemployed middle agers of 80+"

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