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== Definition == The term gogol is defined by Rajaniemi as: a dead soul, the uploaded mind of a human being, enslaved to carry out tasks, anathema to anyone from the Oubliette. Rajaniemi, Hannu (2011-05-10). The Quantum Thief (Kindle Locations 565-566). Macmillan. Kindle Edition. The term "gogol" may be derived from Nikolai Gogol, a 19th-century Russian writer who authored a famous satirical novel titled ''Dead Souls.'' In the novel, Russian feudal serfs are treated as commodities, and are referred to as "souls" in property registers; even deceased serfs are still accounted for as "dead souls". This ties to the use of "gogol" to refer to a destructively uploaded human mind - a digital "soul" of a person whose original biological body is dead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Souls
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