I like the Culture series take on post scarcity societies. Sure, the super AI ship could build and maintain and plan everything, but what’s the point in that if all the humans are bored to tears?
Orson Scott Card had that whole "Ships of Earth" cycle where the ancients built an AI in the sky that could distract people every time they thought of developing certain technologies. So people went around trading camels and building empires but anytime they thought about nuclear power, for instance, they just suddenly lost their train of thought. I guess one way to guarantee a certain degree of personal value in human lives is to create insurmountable obstacles, but then once you know they're insurmountable that sorta takes away the fun.
I remember that book, and thinking that the Mormon ideology was flaring up more on this one.
I like that they have the ability to achieve immortality using a variety of means, but barely anyone avails themselves of that. After hundreds of years of life they’re just done.
After hundreds of years, every single thing you see or hear reminds you of something embarrassing or shameful you once did.
People never required employment not to be bored.
Yes, weekends and holidays are the worst because I just bore myself to death. Let's go to a 7/365 work model instead
In that series we see the fringe of that society.
I think only “man of games” show the every day life of the culture ?