" The Zaibatsus, the multinationals
that shaped the course of human
history had transcended old barriers
...... hives with cybernetic memories,
vast single organisms,
their DNA coded in silicon.
..... hingpins in a given industry,
would be both more and less
than people.
..... a gradual and willing
accommendation of the
machine, the system,
the parent organism.

William Gibson.
......... Neuromancer