"The skin of society is thin, Alice. The only things holding it together are the institutions we trust, the police, the government. It’s so easy for the scales to tip; all it takes is a shift in the environment. I don’t mean global warming—we already know how that’s going to end—I mean the unemployment. All those desperate people will have an effect somewhere. Maybe the uploads are the solution, I don’t know, but I’m worried where this is headed."