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Ada Palmer's (imo fantastic) Terra Ignota series has this concept, among many others. She envisions a "set-set", or a child who is trained to use "neural lace" like implements from a very young age and barely uses their actual limbs, and these set-sets are the most adept at running computer systems. In the world of Terra Ignota, "set-set"s are highly controversial.



"Terra Incognita takes place in 2454" I'd be surprised if humans ran any computer systems by then




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