There’s a remarkable TNG episode about enfeeblement and paul-based threatmodels, if I recall correctly.
There’s a post-scarcity planet with some sort of Engine of Prosperity in the townsquare, and it doesn’t require maintenance for enough generations that engineering itself is a lost oral tradition. Then it starts showing signs of wear and tear...
If paul was writing this story, they would die. I think in the actual episode, there’s a disagreeable autistic teenager who expresses curiosity about the Engine mechanisms, and the grownups basically shame him, like “shut up and focus on painting and dancing”. I think the Enterprise crew bails them out by fixing the Engine, and leaving the kid with a lesson about recultivating engineering as a discipline and a sort of intergenerational cultural heritage and responsibility.
I probably saw it over 10 years ago, I haven’t looked it up yet. Man, this is a massive boon to the science-communication elements of threatmodeling, given that the state of public discussion seems to be little middle ground between unemployment and literally everyone literally dying. We can just point people to this episode! Any thoughts?
There’s a remarkable TNG episode about enfeeblement and paul-based threatmodels, if I recall correctly.
There’s a post-scarcity planet with some sort of Engine of Prosperity in the townsquare, and it doesn’t require maintenance for enough generations that engineering itself is a lost oral tradition. Then it starts showing signs of wear and tear...
If paul was writing this story, they would die. I think in the actual episode, there’s a disagreeable autistic teenager who expresses curiosity about the Engine mechanisms, and the grownups basically shame him, like “shut up and focus on painting and dancing”. I think the Enterprise crew bails them out by fixing the Engine, and leaving the kid with a lesson about recultivating engineering as a discipline and a sort of intergenerational cultural heritage and responsibility.
I probably saw it over 10 years ago, I haven’t looked it up yet. Man, this is a massive boon to the science-communication elements of threatmodeling, given that the state of public discussion seems to be little middle ground between unemployment and literally everyone literally dying. We can just point people to this episode! Any thoughts?