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This seems to be a genre now. I dub it transponyism.
Wait, this is a thing? I've only ever seen one small one-shot that had a transhumanist vibe to it. (Mortality Report) All the other "Reactions to immortality" ones I've seen have been all about how terrible it was. If there's already a few well-written explorations of this exact concept, is there even a good reason to write this one?
Also, does anyone have some links to these, or at least names/authors? Whether my writing this fanfiction is still worth doing or not, getting more ideas is unlikely to be a bad thing.
I was referring to the concept as transequinism in my head, but I think "transponyism" is a lot more memorable, so I think I'm gonna go with that. Would you be okay with my using that as a title if I can't think of something better?
"Mortality Report" and to a lesser extent "Friendship is Optimal" (not pro-life, but somewhat transponyist). Three stories constitute a genre.
Well that's a relief, considering that neither of them overlap what I want to do by as much as I feared. There's definitely room for this fanfiction to be unique. I hadn't thought of Friendship is Optimal as being about transpony/transhumanism, and being more of an AI story, but the theme is definitely there, I agree.
So, given that we have two stories currently, and three constitutes a genre, that means that the entire existence of a genre is now dependent on me writing this :P But no pressure, right?
Oh, and by default, anything I say can be stolen. :)
Oh, and by default, anything I say can be stolen. :)
By default the only things that can't be stolen are those which are not exclusively possessed. Which means... nevermind.
Common goods and public goods, you mean?