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It was never the Hegemony's goal to read minds with technology. Brainwaves and mental-images are too scattered and fast moving to fully comprehend, even by the very best AI. They are also not useful for implementing social policy or control- ones mental image may be of something completely unrelated to their own belief; a violent fantasy of killing the Supreme Ruler would be shocking to see in the mind of a Jaxtian citizen, but it shouldn't be a crime. Every male will imagine himself besting another- if that just so happens to be the Supreme Ruler, will we rule that as treason, or simply high praise for putting the Supreme as the center of his violent, juvenile daydream? If the citizenry knew that their thoughts could be read like this, they would be unable to have any individual ability to submit and enhance the Hegemony's goals in any way. They would assume their government knew everything about them- they would change their behavior or become self destructive. Truthfully, it was never even intended to capture these brain images in the first place- simply monitoring the brainwaves of those in stasis pods, with their lowered level of activity that their thoughts and dreams can be seen like a single still in a roll of film. Should their very most deepest thoughts, unintentional and out of their control, really be watched? As such, this place must be a secret.
What value is there in a dream? Or in a fantasy? It is not the experience of it itself that is valuable, at least not to you. It is within what it means. At the crossroads of biological instinct and imperative, to social conditioning, to emotional states- something within that tangle lays a perfect world. Not a mere desire, but a want and a wish, the way they want the world to be, deep down, which is neither known to their own conscious mind nor capable of being described in words.
You turn off your own mind and stare at the monitors. You become the ultimate voyer. You meditate on the images you see. What do you see? What connects them? What do these people truly want deep down?
What is <span class="mu-i">your</span> dream?
<span class="mu-s">This decision will permanently change the direction of Space Monke Quest. Please be as honest as possible. One post IDs will not be counted or considered for this vote.</span>
>Continue Space Monke Quest in its current direction (Space Civ, as the Jaxtians, current timeline)
>Go back to a previous point in the timeline and continue from there (Pre-genocides, or specify)
>Radically change Space Monke Quest (specify)
>Wrap up Space Monke Quest in 1-3 Threads and put it to rest (without rushing!)
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