Because of the end of scarcity, the economic roles of production and consumption have switched; wealth is now acquired by consuming, and producers pay consumers to use their goods or services. The right to make something is highly coveted and prestigious, and producing without a customer is illegal and severely punished.
Sexual:
You can have as many sexual partners as you want, but only one friend. It is considered good form to break up with your friend before making a new one. People with more than one friend are considered untrustworthy “players.” It is very strange to live with or have an emotional connection to your sex partner, and the idea of marriage would scandalize anyone respectable.
Governmental:
Once elected, the president’s mind is uploaded and replicated, to staff the entire government bureaucracy for the entirety of their term. At the end of their term, the minds are re-merged. For mental health reasons, no one is allowed to serve consecutive terms. No one has ever sought a second non-consecutive term. However, former presidents often distinguish themselves in the field of literature.
Aesthetic:
There are two types of respectable art: advertising and tragedy. The aesthetic merit of an advertisement is measured by the volume of consumer purchases it motivates. The aesthetic merit of a tragedy is measured by the number of people it inspires to commit suicide.
Technological:
Due to breakthroughs in biological engineering it becomes feasible to replace mechanical and electronic technologies with living ones. The designs are usually heavily modified humans. Nearly all sophisticated equipment or tools that do anything interesting are sentient, and many of them have human-level intelligence. It is frowned upon to use an inanimate object when avoidable, because it takes jobs away from the sentient ones.
Due to breakthroughs in biological engineering it becomes feasible to replace mechanical and electronic technologies with living ones. The designs are usually heavily modified humans. Nearly all sophisticated equipment or tools that do anything interesting are sentient, and many of them have human-level intelligence. It is frowned upon to use an inanimate object when avoidable, because it takes jobs away from the sentient ones.
So when an artist hedges their bets by laying out a death scene in meticulous detail, complete with helpful anatomical charts and unambiguous product placement, are they considered a genius, or scum?
Economic:
Because of the end of scarcity, the economic roles of production and consumption have switched; wealth is now acquired by consuming, and producers pay consumers to use their goods or services. The right to make something is highly coveted and prestigious, and producing without a customer is illegal and severely punished.
Sexual:
You can have as many sexual partners as you want, but only one friend. It is considered good form to break up with your friend before making a new one. People with more than one friend are considered untrustworthy “players.” It is very strange to live with or have an emotional connection to your sex partner, and the idea of marriage would scandalize anyone respectable.
Governmental:
Once elected, the president’s mind is uploaded and replicated, to staff the entire government bureaucracy for the entirety of their term. At the end of their term, the minds are re-merged. For mental health reasons, no one is allowed to serve consecutive terms. No one has ever sought a second non-consecutive term. However, former presidents often distinguish themselves in the field of literature.
Aesthetic:
There are two types of respectable art: advertising and tragedy. The aesthetic merit of an advertisement is measured by the volume of consumer purchases it motivates. The aesthetic merit of a tragedy is measured by the number of people it inspires to commit suicide.
Technological:
Due to breakthroughs in biological engineering it becomes feasible to replace mechanical and electronic technologies with living ones. The designs are usually heavily modified humans. Nearly all sophisticated equipment or tools that do anything interesting are sentient, and many of them have human-level intelligence. It is frowned upon to use an inanimate object when avoidable, because it takes jobs away from the sentient ones.
*cough* Dune *cough*
So when an artist hedges their bets by laying out a death scene in meticulous detail, complete with helpful anatomical charts and unambiguous product placement, are they considered a genius, or scum?