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One of my favourite bits is how most of the mass of the inner solar system gets converted to Computronium consisting almost entirely of legal bots battling othe
by askvictor 2y ago
One of my favourite bits is how most of the mass of the inner solar system gets converted to Computronium consisting almost entirely of legal bots battling other legal bots.
- shadowgovt 2y agoThe bit about jamming up democratic representation by creating living copies of individuals that have a particularly-useful mindset to those who want to jam up the system is the part that stuck out to me. Fortunately, I don't think it really has an analogue in the modern day (other than, perhaps, "when you have the capacity to craft culture, the culture you craft around you will become self-reinforcing").
- sangnoir 2y ago> Fortunately, I don't think it really has an analogue in the modern day How about conglomerates having defense contractor and mass media/news subsidiaries? An on-the-nose author may write a newscaster who says that they were "brought to tears by the beauty of the war machines" on air, or some such.