The Minds don’t control society. One guy decided that Masaq’ Orbital’s badlands should be covered in pylons with a gondola network to travel between them using wind power. So he convinced a bunch of people to work with him, and they made it happen. Even though Masaq’ Hub doesn’t like the pylons.
The Culture doesn’t control its citizens. They can do whatever they want. The Minds just help out.
Huh, I thought it was made pretty clear that the power distribution in society is such that the minds run the whole show and more or less keep the humans around as pets out of good will.
Kinda like if your dog wants to go for a walk, you can take it, but that doesn’t mean the dog is in charge
The Minds don’t use fences or leashes. The Minds have more power, sure. They look after the factories and keep the trains running. But power doesn’t mean control in a society without coercion. The Culture doesn’t have laws.
That requires giving control of society over to AI though. I’m not sure we’re there yet
The Minds don’t control society. One guy decided that Masaq’ Orbital’s badlands should be covered in pylons with a gondola network to travel between them using wind power. So he convinced a bunch of people to work with him, and they made it happen. Even though Masaq’ Hub doesn’t like the pylons.
The Culture doesn’t control its citizens. They can do whatever they want. The Minds just help out.
Huh, I thought it was made pretty clear that the power distribution in society is such that the minds run the whole show and more or less keep the humans around as pets out of good will.
Kinda like if your dog wants to go for a walk, you can take it, but that doesn’t mean the dog is in charge
The Minds don’t use fences or leashes. The Minds have more power, sure. They look after the factories and keep the trains running. But power doesn’t mean control in a society without coercion. The Culture doesn’t have laws.