I am curious which tech you didn't think made sense?
The affinity is to me something we are moving further and further towards to a certain extent we are already moving there.
The memories of the our grandfathers also something I can see being used somehow in the future.
Going into symbiosis with your tech like with the spaceships is also something I can see is needed if humans are to live in space further down the line.
And it touched on a very interesting issue which is whether it's possible to transcend the "ghost in the shell" into tech or whether it's left behind.
With regards to the racism I read it when I was a teenager and didn't pick that up any different than I did with playing Warcraft. Any mention of different species are by definition racist but that does not mean in a bad way.
To be honest I can't remember right now exactly. It was years ago. But I remember being bored by a few pages devoted to how a ship worked or something similar. That then made me notice all following technobabble stuff. In fairness this is just a question of taste. I just prefer the way people like Iain Banks approached that side of things.
As for the racism stuff I think there was a world or habitat populated by black people which was rife with stereotypes. Hope I'm not confusing it with some other book now. Apologies if so.
The affinity is to me something we are moving further and further towards to a certain extent we are already moving there.
The memories of the our grandfathers also something I can see being used somehow in the future.
Going into symbiosis with your tech like with the spaceships is also something I can see is needed if humans are to live in space further down the line.
And it touched on a very interesting issue which is whether it's possible to transcend the "ghost in the shell" into tech or whether it's left behind.
With regards to the racism I read it when I was a teenager and didn't pick that up any different than I did with playing Warcraft. Any mention of different species are by definition racist but that does not mean in a bad way.