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Your ordering is correct.
The "unexpected blueberries" kind of surprise doesn't bother me as much as what I think the surprise-related law [AAAAAH] is getting at because the space in which blueberries are to be found is known to me and unrestrictedly open for my inspection. I also don't mind books being presented linearly if I can look on Wikipedia for the ending whenever I want, presents being wrapped under the Christmas tree if I have a reasonable expectation that I will get most of the things on my wishlist and few other things and I can look up what I asked for at will, people around me laughing at funny things they think of as long as they'll say what they were on request, etc. This even if I don't happen to look up/ask every time.
I think that one way to generalize this preference would be as follows:
"The Utopia should allow me to voluntarily -- and temporarily -- limit my own capabilities if I so choose, but it should never impose limits on them. In fact, the Utopia should provide me with vastly enhanced capabilities, if I so choose."
Thus, you could voluntarily turn down the gain on your Omni-Sensors when browsing the Farmer's Market, while knowing that you could turn them on at any time. Simliarly, you could disengage your Anti-Grav Flight Module in order to climb a mountain, as long as you knew that you could turn it back on at a moment's notice (or even faster than that).
Sure :)