+1 to this, it’s not obvious to me this would be utopia and I was surprised this is what someone described as their favorite depiction of utopia. Transhumanism is apparently not one position but a myriad of them. I am in many ways closer to enjoying The Culture’s version of utopia. I feel like this one’s focus on avoiding pain is somewhat naive as to the distinctions between pain and suffering. But also yes, this is probably better than my median expectation for what will happen in the next 30 years.
Note that this isn’t necessarily my favorite outcome (although I happen to like a lot of it). Part of why it’s my favorite depiction of utopia is because it does a good job of exploring the downsides.
Yeah, it seems like Jamie is pretty anti-pain, but as you see in Chapter 3, the Authority allows people to experience pain if they want to. There’s also a chapter I cut (which didn’t say a whole lot about utopia and would’ve been hard to adapt) where someone willingly offers to be tortured. I think I’m against forcing people to experience physical pain if they’d rather not?
+1 to this, it’s not obvious to me this would be utopia and I was surprised this is what someone described as their favorite depiction of utopia. Transhumanism is apparently not one position but a myriad of them. I am in many ways closer to enjoying The Culture’s version of utopia. I feel like this one’s focus on avoiding pain is somewhat naive as to the distinctions between pain and suffering.
But also yes, this is probably better than my median expectation for what will happen in the next 30 years.
Note that this isn’t necessarily my favorite outcome (although I happen to like a lot of it). Part of why it’s my favorite depiction of utopia is because it does a good job of exploring the downsides.
Yeah, it seems like Jamie is pretty anti-pain, but as you see in Chapter 3, the Authority allows people to experience pain if they want to. There’s also a chapter I cut (which didn’t say a whole lot about utopia and would’ve been hard to adapt) where someone willingly offers to be tortured. I think I’m against forcing people to experience physical pain if they’d rather not?