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I think it looks comfortable in the Star Trek universe because Star Trek portrays a society that is not run by mobsters, warlords, delusional ideologues, and so
by api 7y ago
I think it looks comfortable in the Star Trek universe because Star Trek portrays a society that is not run by mobsters, warlords, delusional ideologues, and sociopaths.
We are still very much savages. Clinical psychopaths and delusional narcissists run our institutions and major decisions are made on the basis of fanatical superstitious ideologies and mindless herd behavior.
In short I won't put an Internet connected microphone in my house and I'm very wary of privacy leakage in general because I don't trust the people who run our world (including both governments and corporations). I don't think this is irrational. Glancing around it seems like a decent number of world government and corporate leaders belong in prisons and mental institutions, not powerful offices.
- CobrastanJorji 7y ago> Star Trek portrays a society that is not run by mobsters But also portrays societies run by and indeed composed entirely of mobsters (see "A Piece of the Action" TOS S2E17).
- TeMPOraL 7y agoIt does, but the protagonists are part of the utopian society; in that context, technology actually works to benefit people.
- thaumasiotes 7y ago> Star Trek portrays a society that is not run by mobsters, warlords, delusional ideologues, and sociopaths. Interestingly, while this is certainly the background assumption of Star Trek, it is much less valid in episodes where the crew must interact with their own government.