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TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name

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SNW s1e6 "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach"

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[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

not sure if the story predates the trolley problem (definitely predates its memification), but yhea, it can be abstracted into a trolley problem.

the story also asks to look at all the suffering which out society relies on and asks us why aren't we leaving it if we choose to leave Omelas

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

someone mentioned that it's only a few pages long so I'm gonna try and read it as soon as i can get my hands on a copy.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 2 points 5 hours ago

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