I’ve made the Pit of Despair more ethical by not actually having a human being operate the pit. People walk into the room and a machine decides whether or not they suffer existential despair or they simply perish.

It is also theoretically possible that a person could live out the rest of their natural life in the pit of despair without ever dying from anything inside of the pit, it’s all random, and therefore maximally ethical.

Have we considered that if we go back in time, only give things to peasants and common people? It’s best if we never try to act top-down. Give the normal folks the means to revolt first.

I heard you guys really liked that book 1984!

Tech without empathy is how you get terminators.