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2023-01-26-shortcut-dystopia
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shortcut dystopia
shortcut to creating a fictional utopia/dystopia (like in Brave New World):
pick some values, crank them up a notch
pick some values, crank them down
ie. optimize for some existing values at the expense of others
throw some novum/nova in the mix
ex. drug-enhanced productivity at the cost of creativity
more X!; "...but what did it cost?"; less Y
2023-01-26
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