[ef4]

Really disruptive tech: telepresence that's finally almost as good as the real thing.

I expect luddite attempts to ban it as soon as they realize it means that everyone in the world is now free to work with anyone else, borders be damned. It would lead to massive economic growth as whole countries that have lacked access to high-productivity jobs suddenly gain access.

This is really just the technology version of a solution to ending poverty that we could apply today, if we wanted to: open borders. Let anybody work wherever they can find a job, and global poverty would end incredibly fast. By some credible estimates, it would double global GDP almost overnight, by letting workers go to where the work is.

[Qwertious]

Never going to happen due to speed-of-light delay. Play TF2 on a server that's in a different continent if you don't know what I mean.

Nothing will stop it working in relatively local areas (i.e. for anywhere within 1000 K's you'll be fine), but where you actually live will never be completely abstracted.

It'll massively increase productivity if it's accepted by society, though, I agree with that - everyone can now work in a CBD without the insane commute times.