I'm not convinced that this material-reductionist view wouldn't just be functionally equivalent to the way a majority of citizens live their lives currently. N

I'm not convinced that this material-reductionist view wouldn't just be functionally equivalent to the way a majority of citizens live their lives currently. Now: a chance encounter with someone of a different faith leads a citizen to respect the religious freedom of others in the realm of self-determination. Future: a young hacker's formative experience leads to the idea that citizens should have the basic right to change out their device's recommendation engine with a random number generator at will. Those future humans will still think of themselves as exceptional because the AI tools will have developed right alongside the current human-exceptionalist ideology. Kinda like those old conservative couples I see in the South where the man is ostensibly the story teller and head of household. But if you listen long enough you notice his wife is whispering nearly every detail of importance to help him maintain coherence.