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Fascinating subject.
If anyone’s interested, these issues feature in an excellent sci-fi trilogy by a Chinese author, Cixin Liu, called The Three Body Problem.
The idea of alien civs taking pre-emptive aggressive action to neutralise new civs (which may in time pose a threat) is covered, as is an ingenious way of combatting this.
The novels are very scientifically literate as well as being an engrossing read.
Thanks. Fascinating story and great concept.
In the 'early years' of redaction when sudden death has effectively been cancelled I could envisage a huge change in behaviour: a massive uptick in people taking part in highly risky pursuits (mountaineering, sky diving, bungee jumping etc).
Also a creation of Westworld-style theme parks WITHOUT THE ROBOTS where you get to have real shoot-outs with real bullets against real flesh-and-blood people and if you happen to cop a fatal wound you know you'll be dropped in the redaction machine.
In other words a new world of much greater risk taking where the (21st Century) obsession with safeguarding life at all costs is dispensed with. In addition to more... (read more)