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Mindmap for IO - The impact of prioritising efficiency over individuality.…
Mindmap for IO - The impact of prioritising efficiency over individuality.
Perfect Match
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Imperatives used by Tilly
Enforces the commanding tone of Tilly, and the almost submissive Sai.
Sai also has his own opinion, but submits to Tilly's suggestion
Tilly knows more about him than himself
Flashback to Sai's last girlfriend
Helps reinforce the idea that Tilly has been, is, and always will be a major part of his life
Repetition of TIlly thorughout
Reflects the influence that Tilly has on Sai's life in the text
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Sai meets Ellen
Becomes annoyed with Tilly
Tilly doesn't just tell you what you want. She tells you what to think
Attempts to try to improvise with Ellen and she hates it
After the date, Tilly and Sai talk in the car
Tilly quantifies everything, including leisure time, which should be on a whenever he wants to basis
Sai meets Mr. Rinn
Centillion is an algorithm made to organise information so that searching becomes more efficient
Good Hunting
Railroad vs the idols
Thompson uses very direct second-person to address the mandarin, blaming him for the anger against the railroad
Culture (individuality for the entire village) vs Technology (the railroad)
Liu describes the scene where Thompson destroys the Buddha without explicitly stating the action
Showing the impact that it had on the villagers and the story as a whole
There was also no conversation after this action happened, also reflecting the pain the villagers would have been feeling
As the Englishmen leave, Yan says that the old magic is leaving, and that a more powerful kind of magic has come
Old magic - the hulijing and the Buddha - both expressions of culture (individuality)
New magic - railroad and steel weapons - both technological advancements (efficiency)
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Table of Hours
Each person is allowed two hours per day as personal time, where they still only have limited control over their life.
General formula - quantifying human expression and individuality to make life efficient - that is what a formula/algorithm does
Is nicknamed the Personal Hours, showing how time has to be allocated for individuality
People living without this allocation are considered to be underdeveloped and wholly murderous.
Contrast between Table of Hours and the freedom people lived in previously.
System of ethics based on the simplest mathematical operations
Relating freedom and murder
D-503 goes straight to the extreme pessimistic view of freedom - conveys negative emotions to the reader and builds the sense that individuality is bad
shows the impact that the society has on his personal views, he is completely devoted to this extremity
Use of the phrase mathematical-moral mystery - combining maths (efficiency) with morals (individuality), making them seem as if they are interrelated when they aren't
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Pink tickets
Quantify the amount of time alone the ciphers are allowed to have
References to F.W. Taylor
A mechanical engineer who worked on improving industrial efficiency
D-503 calls Taylor the "most brilliant of the Ancients". pg.31
Glass buildings
Allows spying, making surveillance efficient and reducing individuality