Found Doctorow's description of Nerd Determinism as a interesting real life parallel to runners staying current with the SOTA.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/...m-nerd-politics
Full Version: Staying current with SOTA
Thing is, Shadowrunners can shoot people in the face if they put backdoors in their Cyberdecks/Telecoms/CommLinks/CHNs. Modern Day Nerds can't.
Err, yea sure. And then they get lone star drop bear squads descending on them.
Shadowrunners have gear for that. Modern Day Nerds don't. 
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