## [HSF] Starfish, by Peter Watts

* Author: u/Rangi42 *
* URL: http://www.rifters.com/starfish/s_main.htm
* Score: 5

* Created: 2014-08-05T01:51:41

### Post:

[Link to content](http://www.rifters.com/starfish/s_main.htm)

### Comments:

> **u/Rangi42** [+2]  (11 seconds later)
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> *Starfish* is not exactly rationalist fiction, but it does deal with rationalist themes. For instance, the "shut up and multiply" utilitarian approach to ethics and its consequences; the difficulty of getting a powerful optimizer to Do What You Mean, not what you literally said; and factions "defined and driven into conflict by their beliefs and values."

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