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posted by Vina on December 28th, 2008 at 2:13PM
Homework?!
Story...you're a jerk.
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posted by Vina on December 28th, 2008 at 2:49PM
To have technology to strictly control our lives is evil. Communism is justifiable. It uses discipline (rules) to control 'inequality' (not meant to control people's lives); however, I would say it indirectly controls people's lives due to limitations, such as rules and regulations. I can see that one can argue education is a form of implantation, but at lease it still allows people to analyze (unlike IP implantation, which would not allow such process). To some populations, this kind of government - communism- is needed.
Implantation, on the other hand, has direct control of people's lives. Though, the story did mention people's lives are more peaceful in 24AU than in the past, but come on, dietary intake? Upgrade? There is absolutely no independence. People should be able to think and be able to make some personal choices within the boundaries of rules. This is how humans differ from artificial intelligence.
What it means to be a good person? Ummmm...it was an /attempt/ to make the world a better place to live.
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posted by story on December 28th, 2008 at 3:00PM
Your Score:
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2) 3/5
3) 1/5
4) 1/5
Total: 5/20, 25% :|
Comments:
* The colonists voluntarily use the technology. They always have the option of removing the implant (and being sent to the perimeter). How is that evil?
* Communism is never justifiable. And it does control people's lives--directly--which is why it is evil.
* The IP implants only acted as filters, and only for long-term memory storage. The colonists are able to think independently, even with forbidden thoughts--they just won't be able to retain the illegal ideas for any appreciable amount of time. Moreover, the blacklists are supposedly publicly available, and the entire filtering process is open and scrutinizable.
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posted by Vina on December 28th, 2008 at 4:13PM
What?! I didn't even do my homework. How did I get a score?
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