What a lovely read~. I remember when you first brought this up, this idea of malpractice in uploading clinics as a plot device for a short story such as this. It has certainly provided a stellar foundation, and I also have made use of it myself in other venues. It is, of course, a compelling issue that everyone can agree on: Negligent homicide is bad.
I have noticed a pattern in your writing, however, that gives me pause. I notice in many of your stories there are Big Important Proper Nouns around which characters are organized. I am pleased to see my prior concern — that the apparent centralization of such organizations defies the anarchistic ethos of the System — addressed with the dispersion of systechs and other concerned parties across various groups like this. Such communities surely do exist, mind, but I wonder whether they best represent the culture of Lagrange.
Your character designs are vibrant and diverse, exactly as they should be. That means, also, that some of your characters are just named “Bob”, and there is truth and humor in that simplicity as well. But if every character were called “Tom”, “Quinn”, or “Mary”, then we might not so quickly reach for keywords such as diversity and variety, yes?
Perhaps, likewise, we can think about other ways in which people organize around common goals such as education, investigation, and mobilization. Many of the ways in which anarchism functions are so decentralized that to name instances of mutual aid such as this simply does not make sense. One does not, after all, generally offer a neighbor a cup of sugar in the name of the Neighborhood Foodshare Association. Unless they do; that is the beauty of anarchism: We will each find our own way.
And perhaps this is your way, Tomash. And if that is so, then that is so, but I wonder whether, perhaps, there is something that you are seeking to explore that I have overlooked. Does this particular variety of community organization — one that rather resembles a 501(c) — dig into a topic that you have an enduring interest in?
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Date: Wednesday, 18 September 2024 18:56 (UTC)What a lovely read~. I remember when you first brought this up, this idea of malpractice in uploading clinics as a plot device for a short story such as this. It has certainly provided a stellar foundation, and I also have made use of it myself in other venues. It is, of course, a compelling issue that everyone can agree on: Negligent homicide is bad.
I have noticed a pattern in your writing, however, that gives me pause. I notice in many of your stories there are Big Important Proper Nouns around which characters are organized. I am pleased to see my prior concern — that the apparent centralization of such organizations defies the anarchistic ethos of the System — addressed with the dispersion of systechs and other concerned parties across various groups like this. Such communities surely do exist, mind, but I wonder whether they best represent the culture of Lagrange.
Your character designs are vibrant and diverse, exactly as they should be. That means, also, that some of your characters are just named “Bob”, and there is truth and humor in that simplicity as well. But if every character were called “Tom”, “Quinn”, or “Mary”, then we might not so quickly reach for keywords such as diversity and variety, yes?
Perhaps, likewise, we can think about other ways in which people organize around common goals such as education, investigation, and mobilization. Many of the ways in which anarchism functions are so decentralized that to name instances of mutual aid such as this simply does not make sense. One does not, after all, generally offer a neighbor a cup of sugar in the name of the Neighborhood Foodshare Association. Unless they do; that is the beauty of anarchism: We will each find our own way.
And perhaps this is your way, Tomash. And if that is so, then that is so, but I wonder whether, perhaps, there is something that you are seeking to explore that I have overlooked. Does this particular variety of community organization — one that rather resembles a 501(c) — dig into a topic that you have an enduring interest in?