Re:Factorio 1.0
by mvn9 on Saturday August 15, 2020 @02:16AM
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>because they try and stop you from destroying their world.
Why would they try and stop you if they weren't sentient?
In that game, how many players would stop if the native population were humanoid? If they were humans? If they would exactly look like the player? How many players leave some place for them to roam?
Building machines is addictive. And like any addiction, there is nothing stopping it.
We should be carried away because one day in the not so far future, somebody has to decide if energy is spent on food production or on mining for bitcoins or some form of product development simulation or calculation. Do we want to have the global ethics that choose the food?
Why would they try and stop you if they weren't sentient?
In that game, how many players would stop if the native population were humanoid? If they were humans? If they would exactly look like the player? How many players leave some place for them to roam?
Building machines is addictive. And like any addiction, there is nothing stopping it.
We should be carried away because one day in the not so far future, somebody has to decide if energy is spent on food production or on mining for bitcoins or some form of product development simulation or calculation. Do we want to have the global ethics that choose the food?