Looks to me like letting the technology fall into the wrong hands is the actual business model.
No one even tries the excuse that “well, the technology falls into the wrong hands now and then” and of course they should be embarrassed to do so. But from what I can tell, it’s mostly being used to borg-out street thugs. Second, the frequently supplied rationale for human augmentation is that it’s used to help the crippled. Really none of the choices are anything but bitter.Ī couple of considerations, however – first, are we supposed to take seriously the premise that the truth is actually revealed and people actually believe it? I’m torn between the Taggart ending, which the way it was phrased would mean that they weren’t eliminating cybernetics, but not letting corporations run wild with it, and the Darrow ending with whole truth coming out, and leting people make their choices based on that.
In real life, I probably would have wanted to press Darrow’s Button, and then fly over to the news station and have a filibuster explaining what I thought, hell Sarif and Taggart can come and express their viewpoints too, and we can have a nice formal conference in front of the news with well supported views on every side. Personally, I like the idea of transhumanism, so Sarif’s was tempting, but I couldn’t bring myself to hide the information. This was my thought process, why hide information from the people based on what it MIGHT incite? That’s the excuse every oppressive country with censorship has used for like… ever. As for the Illuminati… why yes, I do trust shady influence peddlers more than myself in ethical matters, I mean that just makes sense ! Sarif because corporations are by nature secretive, amoral (not immoral, amoral) and they were the ones responsible for this whole shit in the first place. I never even considered Sarif’s or Taggart. Adam goes on and on about “it’s not my place to choose, let the people decide by themselves”, which is fine… but then, they can’t make an informed decision when you deliberately choose to obscure facts and destroy all evidence, Jensen you idiot ! As for “I can’t decide for the whole of mankind, that would be hubris or something”, by choosing to conceal everything you are, in fact, deciding what’s best for mankind. I admit I hesitated a long time between that and Jensen’s, because I have a self-negation streak a mile wide, but then that particular ending makes little sense when you think about it. I ultimately chose Darrow’s (even though I watched them all, natch).
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