Mouse Utopia Apocalypse

I found this fascinating. Imagine, creatures need order, purpose and roles to succeed. Who'd thunkit. The article mentions the obvious similarities to many modern urban (and I suppose not so urban areas too) areas where necessities are provided by the gov't.

Ancient Rome with the dole tracks this as well.

The analogies to certain human societies are hard to ignore. Striving is such a necessary part of existence that efforts to minimize it are misguided. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger," while not strictly true in all cases, does apply here. I think this is the true threat of AI, that it will end up making life so easy that it isn't worth living.

On a more practical note, the notion that the prime motivator for what could be called the sub-class is boredom leads to alternatives for de-escalation and response to threats that may have more chance of success than the classic response in force scenarios (not that you'd want to abandon that option).

I fail to pull out any learnings. I understand the place was built for 3,000 and population peaked shortly after 2/3 capacity. It puts to question whether the 3,000 capacity was the correct rating.

The easy reach is to attach similarities to inner cities, welfare, etc, and maybe even incels. But what's the pragmatic and actionable take away(s)?

If I was into "conspiracy theories," I would say this is a set up from the WEF and the like as a pretext to crown themselves overlords and guiding hand to control members of the masses.