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drkrelic t1_ja4ny5h wrote

I wonder though, would education still be a thing in that best case scenario you mentioned? Imo, it would still be very important to teach some sort of curriculum as well as work ethic rather than just let every desire be picked and chosen at a whim.

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lord_nagleking t1_ja6cnc4 wrote

I agree, but who knows what the ethics of the ASI in charge will hold.

Hopefully, each "commune" has authority over itself (of course, that has its own ethical quandaries) and will create its own "constitution," or ruleset, ethics, ethos: anti-tech; technophiles; theiest; libertarian, etc. Probably a combination of ideologies that work for the collective and a level of technological integration (implants or no implants; internet or no internet; gene editing or no gene editing) which everyone agrees upon.

If this were the case, I guess each commune would also have the choice to choose whether to access the greater communities or jack into the FPG (Free Power Grid).

Long answer to your musing, basically: each commune will choose what level of involvement and education. Some might want to jack into free power and play in virtual reality forever, their children will be taught by virtual assistants and the community and will probably have very low muscle tissue. Others will want very little contact—maybe just a taste of free power—and want to create a farming community in the desert.

Education will be based on what is intrinsically important to each society.

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