We could also literally have Star Trek. Think of all the scientific discoveries we could make if we had armies of scientists the size of our labor force.

But we will have to (painfully) shed our current hierarchies before that comes to pass.

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juleiie 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Maybe so but humans have this strange primal need to hoard resources.

Probably a remnant from prehistoric times when it was a matter of life and death. Will we ever be able to overcome this basic instinct that made capitalism such an unstoppable force? Will this ancient PTSD be ever cured?

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krainboltgreene 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Man if only there was a singular episode that covered this exact topic in Star Trek and resolved that no, actually slavery wasn't any different for artificial life.

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linkregister 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Star Trek was entertaining television. There was also an episode where the ship's doctor made love to a ghost.

	▲	krainboltgreene 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		True, nothing to learn here. No introspection has ever resulted from media analysis.