Little Bleary Zhao
this is such good world building!
Man the plot twist in all of this. It not an issue of greed, it an issue of progress.
What a conundrum!!
I'm guessing the fifth technological boom is gonna be hiveminds... I mean what's next to manufactured humans in terms of productivity? A hivemind of humans. The only thing missing is consumers and demand.
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