"The Surries" - could be coming to our families?

If 'The Surrogates' had been written even 10 years ago, I think we can safely assume it would be looked at as a a more sci-fi novel, instead of a possible future. The discussions in class brought up many points about the technology we have today, and how we rely on it just to live each day, and where and how far it can go in the future.

I especially enjoyed the discussion of dependence on such technologies. In the novel, the characters depend on their surrogates to do their job and live everyday for them. Today, we depend on technology in our lives, and to do our job, however, we do not completely rely on technology, and I do not think someone would commit suicide if Facebook got deleted.