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I used to play Civilization at that age (both first and second installment), later Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri came out and I played that for many years since. It's in some ways a singleplayer version of this (except allowing victory by conquest and not really insisting on peace, but it did have many of the same dilemmas, problems and considerations as the world peace game). It is a very powerful experience, and educational as well.
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Time saving equipment allows us to improve ourselves in other ways. It is highly unlikely that everybody would end up with equal abilities, mainly because people have different aspirations and would focus on different things.
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None of us are perfect, but if we become better, is that not an improvement? And didn't this discussion start by assuming improvements are wrong because we have an imperfect understanding of potential risks and benefits involved? That sounds like an implicit perfect solution fallacy.
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