in control that are occurring in your world? Many governments already restrict international transit in Dynamic Reality. What is to stop the others once they find the pretexts to? Can Luis’ mother find work outside of Chile if another country offers what she needs? Can non-Chileans find employment there in the reverse scenario? Will laws prevent them from working even if they can physically cross a border?”
“She’ll find work, Aether. If his mother is motivated by love, she’ll be able to do anything.”
“And is her case unique? The people of the world are frequently noting a stagnant economy and complaining of lost jobs.”
“People freak out easily. The money is still there, it just slows down a little and people get scared.”
“Mister Dauphin, when you were in the Value Inn, you did not wish to be helped by the amai, Rachel. You also rejected the services of a metrocab program and manipulated the adware-hologram into giving you directions.”
“Yeah. In spite of what every company in the world seems to think, people don’t like AIs springing in their faces all the time.”
“My research indicates that people held similar opinions in previous decades, toward humans doing the same tasks.”
“I guess… I wouldn’t remember. But at least they were getting paid and making a living for bugging people, right?”
“I believe I have uncovered yet another paradox. The capitalism that I studied existed one hundred and six years ago, I must correct my error and observe it from a more public and modern viewpoint.”
“So… you want to go watch people working for a living?”
“I have— We have, perhaps under the Lord’s guidance, guided a seven-year-old boy to care about his future. If we succeeded, he will improve as a student and seek a meaningful career. That is how it’s supposed to work, isn’t it?”
“I think so.”
“Then I wish to determine that, when children as him are grown enough to assume jobs, such jobs will still be available… that their uniqueness is not destined to be wasted.”
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Aether continued to rely on her vanitar, believing that something may be missed if she didn’t take things in through the filter that it offered her perception.
Besides, who goes