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''[[https://nickbostrom.com/fable/dragon.html The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant]]'' is a short story by Creator/NickBostrom serving to [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruct]] society's [[ImmortalityImmorality views]] [[WhoWantsToLiveForever on]] aging and death.
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* BrutalHonesty: At the open hearing, held to decide whether or not to kill the dragon, the leading dragonologist did not downplay the risks of the plan. Instead, she described how her plan would work and how long it would need, admitting that there was no guarantee. The court would have rejected her plan had it not been for the child in the hall who denounced the dragon as an evil monster.
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* BrutalHonesty: At the open hearing, held to decide whether or not to kill the dragon, the leading dragonologist did not downplay the risks of the plan. Instead, she described how her plan would work and how long it would need, admitting that there was no guarantee. The court would may have rejected her plan had it not been for the child in the hall who denounced the dragon as an evil monster.
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* ForcedToWatch: The entire kingdom looks on every day as trains ship people to the dragon to die.
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* GiantAnimalWorship: The kingdom ships trains of people to the dragon as food daily, justifying it with claims that doing so helps the social order.
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* HumanSacrifice: The citizens must feed 10,000 humans to the dragon every day, or it will take them by force. This number gradually grew to 80,000 and then 100,000 humans per day as the kingdom's population grew.
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* HumanSacrifice: The citizens must feed 10,000 humans to the dragon every day, or it will take them by force. force and cause considerable destruction in the process. This number gradually grew to 80,000 and then 100,000 humans per day as both the kingdom's population and the dragon grew.
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* MoreThanMindControl: The kingdom wholeheartedly believes that the dragon is inevitable and virtuous, reflecting that most people in the real world have [[WhoWantsToLiveForever this mentality towards aging and death]]. The fable deems this mindset archaic and dangerous in the modern world, with genetic engineering to cure aging now on the table.
* MortalityPhobia: Justified; this trope would be one of the last things you would consider heroic, but you are neither Bostrom nor Grey. People like them treat emotions towards death similar to how you regard actions. Fear is sometimes necessary, as type I and II errors in this field are dangerous. Although only fear can diminish your willpower, it can motivate you when fear itself means you have more reason to fight.
* MortalityPhobia: Justified; this trope would be one of the last things you would consider heroic, but you are neither Bostrom nor Grey. People like them treat emotions towards death similar to how you regard actions. Fear is sometimes necessary, as type I and II errors in this field are dangerous. Although only fear can diminish your willpower, it can motivate you when fear itself means you have more reason to fight.
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* MoreThanMindControl: The kingdom wholeheartedly believes that the dragon is inevitable and virtuous, reflecting that most many people in the real world have [[WhoWantsToLiveForever this mentality towards aging and death]]. The fable deems this mindset archaic and dangerous in the modern world, with genetic engineering to cure aging now on the table.
* MortalityPhobia: Justified; this trope would be one of the last things you would consider heroic, but you are neither Bostrom nor Grey.People like them treat They point out that emotions towards death similar to how you regard actions. Fear is sometimes necessary, as type I can and II errors in this field are dangerous. Although only fear can diminish your willpower, it can should motivate you when fear itself means you have more reason to fight.appropriate action.
* MortalityPhobia: Justified; this trope would be one of the last things you would consider heroic, but you are neither Bostrom nor Grey.
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** Using belief in an afterlife to justify not fearing death gives people a coping mechanism akin to drugs. People are so addicted to their traditions to nullify grief that they can't fathom sacrificing some comfort to have a chance to heal their genes.
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** Using belief in an afterlife to justify not fearing death gives people a coping mechanism akin to drugs. People are so addicted to their traditions to nullify grief that they can't fathom sacrificing some comfort to have a chance to heal greatly extend their genes.lives.
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* TooDumbToFool: An adviser of the king gave an eloquent address that spoke of the beauty and nature of the dragon, but it all goes over a naive boy's head. Unable to understand the ethics of the situation, he only knows how the dragon killed his granny and wants her back. His display of emotion kickstarted the project to kill the dragon.
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* TooDumbToFool: An adviser of the king gave an eloquent address that spoke of the beauty and nature of the dragon, but it all goes over a naive boy's head. Unable to understand the ethics of the situation, he only knows how the dragon killed his granny and wants her back. His display of emotion kickstarted the project to kill the dragon.
