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Re:Vernor Vinge (1944-2024) by db48x on Thursday March 21, 2024 @12:02PM (#39780357)
Not zombies, but loving slaves. People able to apply all of their creativity and problem–solving skills to any task given to them, but without much capacity for reflection or any kind of personal ambitions or desires.
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Re:Vernor Vinge (1944-2024) by lll-o-lll on Friday March 22, 2024 @10:59PM (#39797056)
Or ability to remember to feed, clean, or toilet themselves.

It’s that hyper-focus that I suspect many of us have experienced, but without agency and permanent. Worse than slavery.

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Re:Vernor Vinge (1944-2024) by db48x on Saturday March 23, 2024 @08:53AM (#39799582)
Lack of agency is right. No ability to request medical aid even when suffering crippling pain from a burst appendix.
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