Oddbean

GM wouldn't that require doing bad things to then remove the 3s? I like thinking about things like this because everything requires a "it depends" answer. Somethings not acceptable in culture A and are bad/evil may not be the same in cultures B,C,D etc. However, in today's world the state has institutionalized it and are controlling it. I like this post thank you.

Would be cool is society evolved some kind of flytrap for the 3s. Some meta game that gets all the crabs in the same bucket so they can neutralize each other without polluting the main game of life.

THis sounds like what God did to the people on the way from Egypt to Canaan. When they complained, he sent poisonous snakes among them. When Moses disappeared for a month, they decided to make a golden calf. then GOd killed a whole bunch more. there is at least a coulpe more of these. God was doing some serious moral culling along the way. I'm afraid it's shocking to the average reader. I think the #3s can become #1 s randomly like popcorn. So it's hard to devise a flytrap. and by doing so #1s would become #3s . The #1s would go from being "Wise as serpents and harmless as doves" to just "wise serpents". I think as #3s come into contact with the forged-in-the-fire #1s, expecting them to be #2s , they either shatter and reform as #1s or they self-destruct.