"Number go up" sounds like something a braindead zombie would say.
- "Number go up" sounds like something a braindead zombie would say.
- People who are part of an emergent Optimization Ratchet machine become zombies.
- Instead of thinking "is this a good thing I'm doing" they think entirely "Does it make number go up?"
- Optimizing without thinking about the implications of that optimization.
- The default state of modern society.