Centrestage is an occasional op-ed series featuring the lives, perspectives and work of Singaporeans in the field of arts and culture.
In the anime series Ghost In The Shell, the world in AD 2024 is completely digitalised. Humans plug directly into the internet via a port in our necks, and hence move seamlessly between our physical world and this equivalent of the "metaverse".
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