[bluefirebrand]

> Less combative, less jokey, less provocative.

This sounds like a miserable future to me. Less "jokey"? Is your ideal human is a Vulcan from Star Trek or something?

I want humans to be kind, but I don't want us to have less fun. I don't want us to build a society of blandness.

Less combative, less provocative?

No thanks. It sounds like a society of lobotomized drones. I hope we do not ever let anything extinguish our fire.

[alganet]

Humanity is a fine thread between "lobotomized drones" (divided on two sides, sounds familiar?) and "aggressive clowns" (no respect, get provoked by anything, can't see an inch over their faces). Of course, it's more than a single spectrum, there's more to it than social behavior.

It could have been better than this, but there is no option now.

I can play either of those extremes and thrive. Can you?