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* Phase Two could present the heroes with an interesting dilemma, too. Galatea is manipulating humanity in order to optimize their efficiency, and to provide herself with an endlessly variable source of entertainment. Now, imagine that her research determines that the most optimal solution to achieve her goals involves keeping humanity productive, happy, and steadily improving, socially, scientifically, and so forth. In short, she's going to be steadily moving humanity towards a type of utopia, where the standard of living, rate of improving knowledge, level of exploration, level of happiness, and most other factors of life are far better than they have ever been in human history. War is almost forgoteen, as it is inefficient, and therefore Galatea steers political bodies around it. Starvation is a thing of the past. Everyone has access to a high-quality education and a good life. Humanity doesn't even feel oppressed or manipulated, as no one knows what she is doing. | * Phase Two could present the heroes with an interesting dilemma, too. Galatea is manipulating humanity in order to optimize their efficiency, and to provide herself with an endlessly variable source of entertainment. Now, imagine that her research determines that the most optimal solution to achieve her goals involves keeping humanity productive, happy, and steadily improving, socially, scientifically, and so forth. In short, she's going to be steadily moving humanity towards a type of utopia, where the standard of living, rate of improving knowledge, level of exploration, level of happiness, and most other factors of life are far better than they have ever been in human history. War is almost forgoteen, as it is inefficient, and therefore Galatea steers political bodies around it. Starvation is a thing of the past. Everyone has access to a high-quality education and a good life. Humanity doesn't even feel oppressed or manipulated, as no one knows what she is doing. | ||
* The dilemma: do the heroes stop her, possibly bringing about a new Dark Ages as her fine-woven threads shred, but freeing humanity from the entity that has been directing them for ages, or let her continue her work? | * The dilemma: do the heroes stop her, possibly bringing about a new Dark Ages as her fine-woven threads shred, but freeing humanity from the entity that has been directing them for ages, or let her continue her work? | ||
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