[ this is almost sensory overload. if modern twenty-first century tech takes four storm, the tech from lbx's world makes her gape. it's a lot to process, and she can't quite imagine simply thinking to operate anything like the phone.
even with her own kind of magic in her fantasy world, that's not quite possible. her brows furrow, after her astonishment begins to fade. ]
I don't think I can understand fully because of how much I still have to learn about how some technology works, but it sounds like this Eden System was as out of reach of its goal as what it was named after.
he's quiet for a moment, nodding along about the understanding bit, first. ]
You're understanding more than you think, because you're exactly right. [ clever girl. there's a little approval in his smile: pleased the teacher. ]
For starters, it was only accessible by a certain portion of the population. If your brain wasn't capable of functioning on Eden, then you were more or less cast completely out of society. And... the entire program was government controlled, so it was used more like a method of controlling the population - they grew dependent on it, and when it crashed, the people of Wolto especially, and many others, were left floundering trying to remember how to live a life that wasn't perfect.
[ he looks a little more thoughtful and reflective as he speaks through this, looking at the book and leafing absently through the pages. ] I lived in a place where the majority of those who couldn't access Eden ended up.
[ four is unfortunately a sunflower to the sun of approval, so she preens a little, in her own way, in the way she looks a little livelier with brighter eyes. ]
... So it was for the elite and the privilege, and it was abused in the worst ways. I'm glad it was shut down, then. It's all right to rely on something and ask for and receive help, but a dependency like that sounds like a disease.
[ four can't imagine what a perfect life is like. ]
Why did you write a book about the Eden System, if you lived somewhere where no one could use it?
anyway. he nods along to that description, making a noise of agreement, and as for the second, a quieter, more serious answer. ]
Because knowledge is power, Four. Always. [ to anyone. to students, to adults. to himself, learning the ins and outs of eden. ] Even if we couldn't use it all the time, people still used it. Wielded it like a weapon, really.
And besides - there are some functions of it that are helpful. The use of neural networks - I studied for a long period of my life to try and find a way for people who couldn't connect to them to work around it. Not so much for the use of Eden, but for the ability to power mechs, so they might be able to travel, or open up their world view even further than just the Eighth Galaxy itself. Or - so they might be able to defend themselves, just in case.
[ she doesn't quite understand how neural networks work, but the though of connecting her brain to anything is a bit alarming. maybe that's how his society has grown to accept what's best, but four, in her ye olde fantasy mindset, finds it a bit scary. ]
So people only have to think to defend themselves in the end? It'd be an easier or simpler way to survive?
[ she isn't going to mention how she doesn't know what mechs are. ]
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even with her own kind of magic in her fantasy world, that's not quite possible. her brows furrow, after her astonishment begins to fade. ]
I don't think I can understand fully because of how much I still have to learn about how some technology works, but it sounds like this Eden System was as out of reach of its goal as what it was named after.
What problems made it unusable?
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he's quiet for a moment, nodding along about the understanding bit, first. ]
You're understanding more than you think, because you're exactly right. [ clever girl. there's a little approval in his smile: pleased the teacher. ]
For starters, it was only accessible by a certain portion of the population. If your brain wasn't capable of functioning on Eden, then you were more or less cast completely out of society. And... the entire program was government controlled, so it was used more like a method of controlling the population - they grew dependent on it, and when it crashed, the people of Wolto especially, and many others, were left floundering trying to remember how to live a life that wasn't perfect.
[ he looks a little more thoughtful and reflective as he speaks through this, looking at the book and leafing absently through the pages. ] I lived in a place where the majority of those who couldn't access Eden ended up.
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... So it was for the elite and the privilege, and it was abused in the worst ways. I'm glad it was shut down, then. It's all right to rely on something and ask for and receive help, but a dependency like that sounds like a disease.
[ four can't imagine what a perfect life is like. ]
Why did you write a book about the Eden System, if you lived somewhere where no one could use it?
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anyway. he nods along to that description, making a noise of agreement, and as for the second, a quieter, more serious answer. ]
Because knowledge is power, Four. Always. [ to anyone. to students, to adults. to himself, learning the ins and outs of eden. ] Even if we couldn't use it all the time, people still used it. Wielded it like a weapon, really.
And besides - there are some functions of it that are helpful. The use of neural networks - I studied for a long period of my life to try and find a way for people who couldn't connect to them to work around it. Not so much for the use of Eden, but for the ability to power mechs, so they might be able to travel, or open up their world view even further than just the Eighth Galaxy itself. Or - so they might be able to defend themselves, just in case.
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So people only have to think to defend themselves in the end? It'd be an easier or simpler way to survive?
[ she isn't going to mention how she doesn't know what mechs are. ]