Someone tell me there’s a Culture world like this just because Iain M Banks thought it’d be a fun challenge
Edit: I’m turning this into a Culture thread with a screenshot of me proselytizing it to my friends
And yes I really loved Player of Games omg can someone else read it yet
I love my computer so much more since I switched to Linux
The commission bit was a joke but yes I’m not fond of cities
Counterpoint: we don’t need to be that space efficient, and are better off in smaller communities
Hopefully, he encouraged other people to carry on his work.
Counterpoint: cities shouldn’t exist
There should be a commission that caps the local human population at sustainable levels
Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Skull Throne!
Can you imagine scrubbing that crap outta your mustache every day
I could never be half the man Cameron is
Nobody tell Elon Musk about ComStar because he’ll use stuff like this to Kickstart Word of Blake
That’s way inefficient on your unit though, you’re spending more on power and working it harder than you would if you just left it at 69° and split the difference.
I’m dying for good windshield HUDs
Small post-it notes
That way when I get distracted by another book, I can leave the mark right there. Considering I’m always “in the middle of” at least five books, this is the best solution I’ve found.
And it doesn’t matter who or why, either - as soon as someone hoards other people’s data, someone else will try to steal it.
I mean if you want to reduce a whole host of material conditions to the word “scale” then sure you can make that sound ludicrous
“Humans have so many emotions! You only need two - anger and confusion!”
It’s so much fun, I blazed through it on vacation. I wanna play!!!