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GATEWAY DRUG [1 record]

Record 1 1996-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
CONT

VR might become as addictive, energy-sapping, and intellect-dulling as television, "the plug-in drug" that requires the average abuser to consume for more than seven hours a day, to the profit of those who won the battle for control at the gateway.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)

Spanish

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