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“Empathy Surplus Disorder? The droid felt cheated. The journalist had twisted and manipulated its words. It felt enraged.”
Photo: Grant Galbraith
Suggested discussion points
- The android in the story is described as having a surplus of empathy. Why do you think society considers this problematic for androids?
- Is there any significance in the fact that this is a service robot?
- What do you think the story says about our relationship to agency and social hierarchies?
- What is the role of degrowth in this story?
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