1/ Iain Banks: people, given so much machine generated wealth that they don't need to work, will engage in drugs, art, tourism, and selfless volunteerism
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4/ me, yesterday, re Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (TLDR: Cory Doctorow's politics are Very Bad, Actually)pic.twitter.com/zh1hDHE1xt
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5/ closely related to Slate Star Codes survive / thrivehttps://twitter.com/wraithburn/status/1490802884832858120 …
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But also drugs.
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In fairness at least one of the books alludes to the Minds doing significant pumping against entropy in this regard
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Ok but also in Ian Banks’ books, most of the narrative is about people engaged in warfare, so at the end of the day I think he had a grasp of the essentials
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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom explores this pretty well.
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u say that like it’s a bad thing
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on the one hand, sloth and greed on the other hand, envy and pride
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