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		db48x on March 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vernor Vinge has died 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.

lll-o-lll on March 23, 2024 [–]

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.

db48x on March 23, 2024 | [–]

Lack of agency is right. No ability to request medical aid even when suffering crippling pain from a burst appendix.

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