This is quite possibly one of the worst articles I've ever read. Long and seemingly purposeful but really meandering and shallow, with the crux of the matter be

This is quite possibly one of the worst articles I've ever read. Long and seemingly purposeful but really meandering and shallow, with the crux of the matter being "What if there was a supercomputer that was always right! And we used that to engineer a game with two really awful choices! And we cheated, and made sure you always got the awful choice based on the computer's prediction". Huh. How about that. To quote from "WarGames", "A strange game. The only winning move is not to play." As long as we are making preposterous what-ifs, I'm going to go with "What if we developed a low-cost, easily producible, lightweight, low-power device that drew its power from the atmosphere and provided us with all required energy and nutrition, while augmenting our immune system?" I like that what-if much more. Just as silly, but might as well have some fun.