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"No, wait," Macarthur maintained, "you're not getting it. We're talking about possibilities and alternatives. Try for a minute to see beyond necessity, beyond determinism. Who says there's only one way? Who says it only happens once? If we use our imaginations we can learn to see the world differently, and with that vision we can create systems that aren't constrained to singularity. Multiple values, multiple horizons. That's what the shift to virtuality is all about — to create new worlds that make room for difference. Why, someday we might even be able to bend time itself..."

There was a long, somewhat laden silence in which everybody kept looking toward the door.

"All's I can say is," Amanda summarized as gently as she could, "just you try to build something that way and have it work."

"I need a drink," Victor Gardner announced, and with that they adjourned.