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Check out Iain M. Banks's "Culture" novels for a sci fi society that takes that approach to other civilizations. The Culture tries to raise up every lesser spec
by Coriolis3 6y ago
Check out Iain M. Banks's "Culture" novels for a sci fi society that takes that approach to other civilizations. The Culture tries to raise up every lesser species of aliens to their own level of hedonist, post-scarcity wealth and technology. "The Player of Games" is both a good introduction to the series and an example of their cultural outreach at work.
- wait_a_minute 6y agoThanks a ton, will definitely check those out as I've not yet seen any writing that explores this idea.
- nobody9999 6y ago>The Culture tries to raise up every lesser species of aliens to their own level of hedonist, post-scarcity wealth and technology. That's not strictly true throughout the series (I'll avoid any spoilers here), in many situations, civilizations are denied certain technologies by the Culture in the novels. I just finished reading the entire series and there's always quite a bit of skepticism from both members of the "Culture" and members of other civilizations as to the value and positive impact of The Culture's intervention/meddling. I'd say that Banks is pretty even handed with that, although he usually seems to fall on the side of "Special Circumstances." All that said, it's definitely worth the read.
- s1artibartfast 6y agoIf I recall correctly, even the posthumans in the culture were gatekept by their servant/master AI.