/lit/ - Literature

>also tfw you have in so choosing made an enemy of god-tier taoist ubermensch sheng-ji yang:

>what do I care for your suffering? pain, even agony, is no more than information before the senses, data fed to the computer of the mind. The lesson is simple: you have received the information, now act on it. take control of the input and you shall become master of the output

>tfw declined stupendously interesting advice
>tfw fucked

>>9606529
I don't give a fuck what anyone says, this motherfucker here has the best quotes about genetic manipulation.
>We hold life to be sacred, but we also know the foundation of life consists in a stream of codes not so different from the successive frames of a watchvid. Why then cannot we cut one code short here, and start another there? Is life so fragile that it can withstand no tampering? Does the sacred brook no improvement?
>Why do you insist that the human genetic code is "sacred" or "taboo"? It is a chemical process and nothing more. For that matter -we- are chemical processes and nothing more. If you deny yourself a useful tool simply because it reminds you uncomfortably of your mortality, you have uselessly and pointlessly crippled yourself.
>My gift to industry is the genetically engineered worker, or Genejack. Specially designed for labor, the Genejack's muscles and nerves are ideal for his task, and the cerebral cortex has been atrophied so that he can desire nothing except to perform his duties. Tyranny, you say? How can you tyrannize someone who cannot feel pain?
Shame the books themselves are not very good.

>>8778912
Apologies for nerding with some vidya, but I always thought this quote had a lot going on.

What do I care for your suffering? Pain, even agony, is no more than information before the senses, data fed to the computer of the mind. The lesson is simple: you have received the information, now act on it. Take control of the input, and you shall become master of the output.

-Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang, Essays on Mind and Matter

>>8780547
Also, really good post anon.

>>7900344
You should read "Reasons of State" by Carpentier.

Hint: Your benevolent dictator cannot exist because to gain power he must by necessity be non-benevolent and willing to break some eggs to get resistant elements under his control.

Pic related, its the ultimate in "benevolent dictatorship"