a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment
kleinbl00  ·  2879 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: If thoughts could kill?

I suspect Bixby didn't go there because it's uninteresting. In order to achieve a steady-state "society" you quickly run into ground rules so alien to us that we would not be able to recognize its functioning. When Groupthink reaches the point where the majority can exterminate the minority without effort, you end up with such homogeneity that the only thing left is L'Engle's Camazotz, which is only interesting when the protagonists interact with it as individuals.