![]() ![]() No new people are born, instead, each person's genetics are recycled periodically as determined by the central computer, the city’s over-arching artificial intelligence. However, with this ‘perfected’ society comes stagnation. ![]() They invest their time in the arts, music, or whatever pursuits of passion they so desire. The inhabitants lead lives of leisure, free of the stresses and fears of life. This city then is the realisation of the opposite.) ![]() (Interesting sidebar: the name Diaspar is derived from the word diaspora which means the dispersion or spread of people from their original homeland. In response, humanity retreated, withdrew from the stars and built a city, enclosed, safe and hidden, it was called Diaspar. Millennia ago an unknown threat, that we are led to believe to be an interstellar war, nearly annihilated humanity. The City and The Stars by Arthur C Clarke is an interesting tale, not without its flaws. ![]()
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