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Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack
yeah as soon as they introduced that I had a feeling they done f***** up, because unless you have very specific rules around how it works and the limitations (i.e. Altered Carbon) then it's a universe-breaking plothole. either there's no stakes because characters should always have a backup copy in case they die, or everyone is terminally stupid for not taking reasonable steps to prevent permadeath.
I haven't read any Asimov, but based on his reputation as a sci-fi giant I would assume he didn't put this in the book without the proper precautions.
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They already Altered Carbon this show as well when they showed the backup clones of Cleon with the data uplink keeping it up to date with everything happening with the current one.
This is basically a Carbon Copy of Altered Carbon's idea of the backup being transmitted to a backup sleeve for the rich and powerful.
Also, doesn't this tech negate a lot of need for the Foundation? Let's just turn all our best and brightest scientists and scholars into immortal holograms and your knowledge won't be lost.