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

Which feels more like moral abdication than a real ethical dilemma.

this is like the core of federation society haha. they wouldn't be able to live with themselves if they couldn't handwave things away with the prime directive.

Cool! Gonna go make some coffee, read this then watch the video someone linked further up. 👍

I simply wouldn't have made my floating cities above a river of lava depend on a childs suffering. Complete skill issue

it was their ancient ancestors that built the city. entire planet lava. they were looking for alternatives but couldn't find any. you... understand that this is fiction, right?

yeah I was joking

oh okay i wasn't familiar with that one. reminds me of an IASIP scene lol.

I tried watching the first 3 seasons but it was an absolute struggle. I had zero desire to do 4&5 but I was bored enough that I gave 5 a shot just out of curiosity to see where it goes. There were some interesting moments with potential, but it just kept getting more and more absurd with each episode...even when it got pretty self-aware

Yeah, I honestly noped out as soon as I saw the new klingons. I went back and watched the episode referenced in SNW E1 and that was about it.

No harm done lol