it would also be better for society if everyone was grown in a vat and fed a nutrient brine like ants. Might not be fair to the ants tho. Also given that most

it would also be better for society if everyone was grown in a vat and fed a nutrient brine like ants. Might not be fair to the ants tho. Also given that most of the viruses are spread via city center, centralizing everything like that might not be a viable long term solution for the survival of the human species. What you have to consider is that there are risk/reward trade offs that are involved in creating economic centers, and most of our history the city has been the place where more people died than were born. Better not to force it so the norms around this will evolve naturally as people select into the Schelling point naturally. I for one welcome our new borg hivemind overlords promulgated on back of the concepts of a breakaway society.