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Uploading is the process by which an individual moves from [[phys-side]] to [[sys-side]]. It is a destructive medical procedure that leads to the consciousness being transmitted to the System via [[Ansible]], a large piece of computing hardware at the Earth-Moon L<sub>5</sub> point. | Uploading is the process by which an individual moves from [[phys-side]] to [[sys-side]]. It is a destructive medical procedure that leads to the consciousness being transmitted to the System via [[Ansible]], a large piece of computing hardware at the Earth-Moon L<sub>5</sub> point. | ||
== Reasons for uploading == | |||
Many reasons are given for uploading by those who have uploaded. While these are myriad, a few general categories have lingered: | |||
* ''Getting away from a less-than-ideal living situation'' — many uploaded to escape from either personal or general inequalities, escaping bad relationships, living situations, or political situations. | |||
* ''Financial reasons —'' After approximately {{Systime|2170}}, governments phys-side began to compensate families for the loss of income. Thanks to the work of [[E.W.]], this generally took the form of a first-born child uploading in order to support their siblings. | |||
* ''Political idealism'' — Politically charged topics such as climate change or mutual aid drive many to upload in order to continue their work on a longer time scale. While many are accused of wandering away from their goals, [[Os Riãos|some]] continue to work on the problems posed by climate change even centuries after uploading. ''The following is protocanon:'' Some work on the issues of community organization by, for example, constructing experimental, [[Project sims|communal-living sims]] that may reap knowledge to provide to those remaining phys-side.{{Stub}} | |||