Tangentially related (spoilers for Worth the Candle):
I think it’d be hard to do a better cohesive depiction of Utopia than the end of Worth the Candle by A Wales. I mean, I hope someone does do it, I just think it’ll be challenging to do!
Strong disagree. Often in Alexander Wales’ stories, I find he takes the rationalist/EA mindset so far that it reads more like a reductio. Examples include the story about EA superman, and
Tangentially related (spoilers for Worth the Candle):
I think it’d be hard to do a better cohesive depiction of Utopia than the end of Worth the Candle by A Wales. I mean, I hope someone does do it, I just think it’ll be challenging to do!
Strong agree, also I spoiler-texted it, hope you don’t mind.
Strong disagree. Often in Alexander Wales’ stories, I find he takes the rationalist/EA mindset so far that it reads more like a reductio. Examples include the story about EA superman, and
the “aligned” skynet
at the end of Branches on the Tree of Time.
I have a similar feeling about the end of Worth the Candle.