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put aside the fact that "a better way to live" is likely be highly subjective Maybe not for them. Since they are so connected via the network, there maybe a

put aside the fact that "a better way to live" is likely be highly subjective Maybe not for them. Since they are so connected via the network, there maybe a higher level of consensus. They wouldn't have needed the marine to show them how to blind the clearing machines, they would have already known. Not really. Why would it have been obvious to them that the things on top are what the operator uses to see anything? Even if they had technology as or more advanced, there is no reason to believe it would follow the same paradigm as anything we think of. Overall, I think the idea that they don't feel the kind separation from the planet that we do is the most plausible reason.

timwiseman 17y ago
Maybe not for them. Since they are so connected via the network, there maybe a higher level of consensus. Possible. You might be able say that for them living with technology might be unambiguously better. But when it is said as a simple statement by itself it appears a highly subjective opinion, or at least very dependent on the circumstances. Not really. Why would it have been obvious to them that the things on top are what the operator uses to see anything? A good point and a possibility, but the humans had been there for years. If they had had advanced technology of a different kind, that exposure to the humans technology would likely have let them start figuring out how the human's technology worked, even if they avoided it. Overall, I think the idea that they don't feel the kind separation from the planet that we do is the most plausible reason. That is certainly a possibility. I find it more likely that they simply were at the bow and error phase of technology and had not yet grown beyond it in any direction more likely.