Multiplicity

It doesn't sound from the context like he meant it in the George Ganaway sense; more like, with the media explosion we are having now via cable, satellite, more access to Japanese anime and more unusual kinds of entertainment, so kids know that these things exist, and are more likely to recognize them if someone like that turns up in their system (if a gateway system), or feel cultural permission to create one for their system (if they're splitting people off or creating them from a central point), and, such people may themselves feel more comfortable or relaxed about making themselves known as what they are.

man, that was incoherent... COFFEE...