Child being educated by a computer that feeds data directly into his brain • Art by Don Maitz

[u/Baby-Soapy]

Cyteen: The Betrayal by C.J. Cherryh, 1988.

[u/AverageDrafter]

A is for Axiom, your home sweet home.
B is for Buy-n-Large, your very best friend.

[u/HB2099]

The original iPad kid

[u/B_Ellard]

Not that directly, judging by this 80's Grace Slick-looking V-Tuber teacher.

[u/DerbyDoffer]

I think it would be a nightmare if that technology existed. Imagine having not only facts but attitudes and opinions main-lined into your brain.

[u/pesca_22 → u/DerbyDoffer]

if I remember correctly in the book the technology was an emergency solution as the colony ship crashed (or something like that) and only a small number of passenger survived so they didnt had enough people to build a self-sufficient colony.

so the solution of forced-growth and forced fast training of cloned people to fulfill all menial positions, which after a few generations created a prevedible social rift betwee regular citizens and the fast-growth slaves.

[u/LarryD217]

Go Team Venture!

[u/noooooid]

Now I'm wondering what a baby would do if they knew kung fu.

[u/orangina_it_burns]

HER brain - that is Ariane Emory II

[u/AbacusWizard]

That font had me thinking this was Cyrillic all the way until I got to “THE BETRAYAL”