ummthatguy@lemmy.worldM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoSacrificing a child to power it all would just be giving it awaylemmy.worldimagemessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1160arrow-down1imageSacrificing a child to power it all would just be giving it awaylemmy.worldummthatguy@lemmy.worldM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square60linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-square🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agonot sure if the story predates the trolley problem (definitely predates its memification), but yhea, it can be abstracted into a trolley problem. the story also asks to look at all the suffering which out society relies on and asks us why aren’t we leaving it if we choose to leave Omelas
minus-squarekieron115@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days agosomeone mentioned that it’s only a few pages long so I’m gonna try and read it as soon as i can get my hands on a copy.
minus-square🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 days agohttps://shsdavisapes.pbworks.com/f/Omelas.pdf it’s available online. it’s a good read, 30 minutes read 2 hours of digesting it afterwards
minus-squarekieron115@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days agoCool! Gonna go make some coffee, read this then watch the video someone linked further up. 👍
not sure if the story predates the trolley problem (definitely predates its memification), but yhea, it can be abstracted into a trolley problem.
the story also asks to look at all the suffering which out society relies on and asks us why aren’t we leaving it if we choose to leave Omelas
someone mentioned that it’s only a few pages long so I’m gonna try and read it as soon as i can get my hands on a copy.
https://shsdavisapes.pbworks.com/f/Omelas.pdf
it’s available online. it’s a good read, 30 minutes read 2 hours of digesting it afterwards
Cool! Gonna go make some coffee, read this then watch the video someone linked further up. 👍