Review of 2084
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If the World Peace Authority controls the entire world then why can't it find competent software developers? And why would the WAP build a line of cyborgs called the Model 60 to then have some of these Model 60s do manual labor jobs such as repairing damaged electrical wires that require no human emotions whatsoever? It would have made more sense if some cyborgs had no emotions. But then why create cyborgs, and give them emotions and a vulnerable body when emotionless robotic hands and frames held up on wheels would be better suited for complex manual labor jobs? If the job of an electrician is so complex that a cyborg would do a better job than a regular human at a more affordable production cost, then it would make sense to replace normal humans with cyborgs. But without such an explanation the plot feels ridiculously contrived for the sake of having some melodrama in the story.
But affordability cannot be a factor in the WAP's decision to create the Model 60 cyborgs, because it is not a private company that can go bankrupt. It is a government body that issues the world's currency and, therefore, can never go bankrupt. If there is a convincing reason as to why the WPA needs to use cyborgs instead of Nats (regular humans) for certain jobs, then Peterson should have shown us why the WPA was using cyborgs at the start of the story.
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