I'm going to go through these all in order and produce slimline version of each vote, in as much as I understand them, as a lot of these have way too many words. There will be a short explanation beside each reduction, pointing out how Amanda guesses the direction will affect things.
[] Reassure Sidra that, whatever they choose, there is no wrong path for her or the other Unison devices. That's not just an empty platitude, either: you can state with authority that she, as the joint creation of two of the strongest Practice users in Sol, have more intentionality and purpose ingrained into their very beings than the random convergence of chemicals that is Humanity 1.0 ever did, and possibly still even with the advent of Humanity 2.0. When they make a decision, they can have the reassurance of knowing that they were, and are, wanted.
[] Encourage Sidra and the other Devices to reach out for advice, ideas and strategies. The choice may be theirs, but they don't have to do it alone.
[] Remind them that humanity does have certain inherent biases, both biological like the desire to breed and pair-bond, and Practice-induced, thanks to the Humanity 2.0 transition and Amanda's own work with the Circles and the morale-binding tours of her Presidency. Unison Devices are born from Humanity, but they are not Humanity; their choices may not be the same as the ones that Humanity as a whole or even their bonded Potentials would be, and that's okay.
[] Suggest that the Unison Network use their mental acceleration hardware. Yes, it may use extra resources, but this is what resources are for.
I'm honestly not really sure where to begin with this, but that's a general problem that I've been having with some of the votes being produced here. I asked, specifically, for tonality. Detail was fine, but there's detail and there's trying to cover every single base at once - the latter of which never works. Still, driving into this I can pick out a few primary threads. So a vote in this line can be reduced down to something like this:
Comfort, Community, Computation - This vote seeks to reassure Sidra that regardless of the choice they make, the Unison Intelligences will always be treasured for what they are. It places emphasis on the Unison Intelligences as a community, on the bonds they have between each other, and not to their Unisonbound. It is likely to promote greater levels of personal independence and separation between those like Sidra and their Potential partners as an end goal. Though children of humanity, they don't have to be human if they choose not to be. This would direct Unison Intelligences towards a more Asi-like state of existence, separate from their Potential in most cases, though ready and able to join when needed. Two parts of something much bigger.
I'm honestly a little curious about why the suggestion for mental acceleration is being made. It's not that they're working 'slow' because it would take more energy. It's because they want to. The suggestion can still be made, but it's...unlikely to do much in the grand scale of things.
[ ] You start by making a choice Sidra. Even if that choice is to not make a choice in fear of choosing wrong. And once that choice has been made, you deal with the results. Then make another choice. And so you keep living, making choice after choice and living with the results. For life isn't about making the perfect choice, even the right and wrong choices. It's about constantly choosing a path through life, and dealing with the results of those choices as they appear. Others can help you make your choices and deal with the results, as can you can help others. But in the end, it comes down to you choosing the path that you will follow.
[] Is there truly a wrong choice to pick? There are different choices. With different consequences and results. But what matters is that you choose, I think. I'll support you as much as I can through this. We're family. We're here for eachother.
-[] Life is inherently uncertain. Sometimes you have to push through that and come out the other side.
--[] And...don't limit yourself in searching for how you want things to be.
If I'm honest, these three have a lot in common. They generally focus on the idea that the point of a choice is to make one, in the end. Those choices will have consequences, but part of life is taking those consequences and doing more than just living with them. Married to that is the ideal that in this case, as in many others, there is no right or wrong choice. This is bigger than any one person, any one thing, but if all one does is contemplate what might be, you'll never be able to step past the threshold to make something new. To steal the name of a recent STD episode, I'd condense this vote into...
Saints of Imperfection - This vote is based on the idea that all life is choices. Good, bad, middling, but never perfect. The point is to choose a way, to commit, and follow it. That's what life is, and though living as the Unison Intelligences have may have removed much of that from them, they still have the power to exert their will. Amanda believes that this would lead the Unison Intelligences towards a deeply personal but less overwhelmingly interwoven existence. This evolution is, she thinks, also the one most likely to eventually give the UIs the knowledge and deeper contextual understanding necessary to create on their own, without the aid of the synchronisation process.
[] You've got a lot of help, and I know you, so you aren't going to deliberately choose wrong, which puts you in a better starting place than a lot of humanity before the Shiplords came. I can give you a lot of other platitudes, but the best I can do to reassure you is that I know you will do your best, even if you can't find an optimal choice.
[] Answer the "what if": The worst case scenario is that you look back and wonder if you should have made a different choice. We stand here in this moment as the result of all of the choices that humanity ever made in the past, and countless times humans have wondered if our choices were the best. The fact remains that we are here to give you the opportunity to make this choice now. Each choice may lead to a different future, but all of them have one thing in common: If the time comes that you find yourselves wondering about that, it will be in a future that you built -- that we all built, together, Platform and human, hand-in-hand. Take your time and weigh your options. Reach out to each other. Reach out to humanity, if you wish. When you make your choice, whatever it is, we will gladly walk the path with you.
And here...is a difficult choice, but one that I could see Amanda making if you push for it. The issue within these suggestions lies around the suggestion of the involvement of greater humanity, though I don't believe it's said in the manner of one seeking dependence. At the same time, it offers the promise of creation, and a shared reality in a way none of the others focus on. There are threads of no wrong answer in here, but the focus of the condensed vote would look a little like what follows. However, this is a very dangerous vote, as it could also bind the Unison Intelligences far, far more deeply to their human partners. The result of this could lead them to a realisation of their own humanity, given time, but equally...it might not. Amanda isn't particularly enthused by that possibility.
Bright Mirror - This vote seeks to direct Sidra towards the realisation that they aren't alone, on much grander scale than the other Unison Intelligences. It connects to depth of human empathy, and points out that those born of the synchronisation process are just as human as their technical progenitors, no matter the differences. The people they are, and the choices before them, are ones they must make, that is certain. But they need not do so in such total isolation. This is likely to create a much deeper connection between the Unison Intelligences and humanity in general, but also with their Potential. How the UIs would grow out of that, Amanda isn't sure. They could grow from that depth of connection, learn from it, become more. They could also simply fall into an evolutionary stasis.
And with that, I'm going to kill this seemingly futile Moratorium and just let this take the path it takes. All I can do is hope that this works. I would like to point out the post made by
@Jeboboid above, that is rather well done, and could use some attention before you actually cast your vote. Voting options as of now are:
[] Comfort, Community, Computation - This vote seeks to reassure Sidra that regardless of the choice they make, the Unison Intelligences will always be treasured for what they are. It places emphasis on the Unison Intelligences as a community, on the bonds they have between each other, and not to their Unisonbound. It is likely to promote greater levels of personal independence and separation between those like Sidra and their Potential partners as an end goal. Though children of humanity, they don't have to be human if they choose not to be. This would direct Unison Intelligences towards a more Asi-like state of existence, separate from their Potential in most cases, though ready and able to join when needed. Two parts of something much bigger.
[] Saints of Imperfection - This vote is based on the idea that all life is choices. Good, bad, middling, but never perfect. The point is to choose a way, to commit, and follow it. That's what life is, and though living as the Unison Intelligences have may have removed much of that from them, they still have the power to exert their will. Amanda believes that this would lead the Unison Intelligences towards a deeply personal but less overwhelmingly interwoven existence. This evolution is, she thinks, also the one most likely to eventually give the UIs the knowledge and deeper contextual understanding necessary to create on their own, without the aid of the synchronisation process.
[] Bright Mirror - This vote seeks to direct Sidra towards the realisation that they aren't alone, on much grander scale than the other Unison Intelligences. It connects to depth of human empathy, and points out that those born of the synchronisation process are just as human as their technical progenitors, no matter the differences. The people they are, and the choices before them, are ones they must make, that is certain. But they need not do so in such total isolation. This is likely to create a much deeper connection between the Unison Intelligences and humanity in general, but also with their Potential. How the UIs would grow out of that, Amanda isn't sure. They could grow from that depth of connection, learn from it, become more. They could also simply fall into an evolutionary stasis.
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