the moral of dune is that you should get off the computer and go do drugs
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more mr. nice guy
so is Dune a pro-computers text or is the implication that things would've ended up even worse with computers
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What I meant to say was Herbert had his reasons to choose AI, but it's not the only thing he could've chosen if we take his word that the throughline in Dune is the danger of giving up your own judgement.
At least by book 4 it was seen as ~the only way~ even if Paul himself hated it
The golden path required it
yeah, totally
I would copy paste this under so many posts
his ?intended? moral was "hey try not to believe in anyone or else you'll do a mega-holocaust," but then he also outgrew his editors and the later books are mostly him having thoughts re Gender