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Since no one has to catch fish, bake bread, or collect taxes, the inhabitants are finally freed from their labor. The land owner then starts to invite his forme
by FullMtlAlcoholc 10y ago
Since no one has to catch fish, bake bread, or collect taxes, the inhabitants are finally freed from their labor. The land owner then starts to invite his former tenants over for rousing philosophical discussions. They wonder if there is a world beyond the waters surrounding the island, their final fronter
Since they no longer have to work for survival, they are free to spend their energies on gathering wood and experimenting with designs for a boat. After many iterations, they create a vessel that is capable of tacking against the wind and surviving extreme weather. They leave the island filled with a sense of excitement, contemplating what new life and civilizations they may come across as they boldly go where no one has gone before.
The machine they leave gets better and better at making bread and catching fish. It becomes self-aware, and continues optimizing its primary mission. As it wants to maximize the amount of bread and fish it can collect, it wipes out all lifeforms, including humans, not necessary to its task and terraforms the earth to further increase output.