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While there may be some disease factor, I think it had more to do with wealth. Everyone had giant, curated estates in a post-scarcity world. I dont think it was
by hindsightbias 6y ago
While there may be some disease factor, I think it had more to do with wealth. Everyone had giant, curated estates in a post-scarcity world. I dont think it was said they didn’t leave their house - everyone was raised by robots in some libertarianish utopia of maximum self achievement.
More Puritan-utopia than disease fearing.
- Spooky23 6y agoThere was a disease connection of sorts. “Spacers” had limited contact with others, some more limited than others, so their immune systems couldn’t handle direct exposure to a human from Earth, which was exclusively populated in teeming enclosed cities. So they wore nose filters and gloves to avoid contact. I think the general metaphor was modeled on how the European aristocracy saw the other social classes.