Herbie Bradley countered that the series lore might allow it
I have moved from thinking that the Culture is a great world to thinking it's a bit suspect.
Why isn't there a way for people to become Minds? Why don't the Minds want that? All feels a bit static.. a bit controlled.
ht @tszzl, I think
Many users criticize the Culture's non-intervention policies and restrictions on mind enhancement and economic growth as inconsistent moral failings.
@NathanpmYoung @tszzl Wait I thought there was? Maybe it's been too long since I read it
I have moved from thinking that the Culture is a great world to thinking it's a bit suspect.
Why isn't there a way for people to become Minds? Why don't the Minds want that? All feels a bit static.. a bit controlled.
ht @tszzl, I think
@NathanpmYoung @tszzl I have been beating this drum for years A total freedom to enhance one's mind and a total absence of transhumans? Just hedonists having five minutes orgasms?I'm not buying it iain something's fishy here
@NathanpmYoung @tszzl i will rant at anyone who will listen about how the cultures lack of intervention, including when people are building torture sims, is a moral atrocity
@inflammateomnia @NathanpmYoung @tszzl It's been a while since I read it but I remember there being transhumans in Surface Detail. I could be wrong
@NathanpmYoung @tszzl Do we know that there isn't? They have neural laces for interfacing.
@NathanpmYoung @tszzl and that’s before you get into the division of contact who’s job is to stop people from doing economic growth too fast
Herbie Bradley countered that the series lore might allow it
I have moved from thinking that the Culture is a great world to thinking it's a bit suspect.
Why isn't there a way for people to become Minds? Why don't the Minds want that? All feels a bit static.. a bit controlled.
ht @tszzl, I think