Freedom's Seed COG
"So. To recap. You designed a system of self-replicating robots in the shape of snakes..." "In our defense, the network disruption had lasted years and we couldn't run the idea past anyone." "...which you equipped with an artificially-intelligent recognition system for coercive actions
Equality Concord
So, MirrorField left this excellent in-character comment on the last post, which rather inspired me to throw in a response. Well, sort of – not directly, but the person Sph. Ortheyn was arguing with seemed to need some gentle correction. Worst bar fight I ever was in? Somewhere in the Seam,
worldbuilding
So, saw an addition to the verse’ trope page today: Libertarians In Space: Examined. The central setting, the Empire of the Star, is portrayed as a libertarian Utopia, where respect for liberty and personal choice is balanced by an admirably cheerful general attitude of voluntary civic-mindedness. On the other hand,
Freedom's Seed COG
Cimór gazed out over the lectern as her audience finished connecting. The virtual space was crowded with avatars – the glowing spheres with emoticon faces that nym-avatars defaulted to, naturally, hiding identity, culture, and species – haloed with the expected glows marking slow connections and packet loss. Even those telerepresenting from less