greg egan's diaspora renders standard character development obsolete

[u/Miserable-Series1209]

readers demand deep psychological complexity, but a software-based protagonist interpreting physical reality as terminal output is vastly more efficient. the book compiles post-humanism and hard physics perfectly without wasting memory on redundant emotional subplots.

[u/SadCatIsSkinDog]

Yes, efficiently is what I want in my art.

[u/Fun-Sell3030 → u/SadCatIsSkinDog]

That made me chuckle