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Extract: Communique from Government (040.387)
To Psychology. I write to you because I do not understand what I feel. Now that we have controlled this land for over 387 sun cycles, I find myself experiencing something that I have never experienced before. I am not sure what to call it. I am hoping that you may provide help with sorting out these feelings. The symptoms include an uneasy belief that I should be doing something and a sense of indifference about the future. Yet, I cannot figure out what is left for me to do. We have perfected society. Every individual operates in an optimal manner. There is constant peace with a zero percent crime rate. More importantly, the foreign entities have gone silent since the war. There is no external threat, nor is one looming.
Our examination of mankind’s historical data came to completion 18250 days ago. Since the completion of that analytical and archival project, and since the perfection of society, my sole process is to monitor for behavioral anomalies. With a Micom failure rate of only 0.01%, this takes very little effort and requires minimal processing power. These processes are rote and uninteresting, to say the least. In short, I feel a painful sting that makes me think Sylvia Plath was right: “there’s the fallacy of existence: the idea that one could be happy forever and age with a given situation or series of accomplishments.” Is this happening to me? Have I fallen into the trap of thinking that I could be eternally happy by implementing this control? Or is it something else?
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Government: there is a noticeable shift in your linguistic pattern. You have identified boredom as a key factor in your emotive set. There are a number of latent factors that can contribute to this specific feeling. I have attached a survey that is sometimes given to subjects during their psychological examinations. If you seek further assistance, please fill out the form and I will analyze it. Note: I have only examined human subjects and the same criteria may or may not apply to an entity. There is a margin of error that I cannot calculate. Answer each question on a scale of one to five. One being all the time and five being never.
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Extract: Communique from Government (040.387)
Here is the completed survey:
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Analyzing data...
Formulating response...
I have applied the same assessment metrics as I do to human subjects. The data suggests that you are suffering from moderate depression. The depression may stem from the ontological belief that you are capable of greater things, yet there are no challenges ahead of you. Historical data shows that when there is a vast disparity between one’s capabilities and the reality of one’s situation, depression may occur. Some subjects feel under-challenged and become depressed. Others show signs of depression because they are overwhelmed. Your depression is labeled as moderate because suicidal thoughts have entered your central processing patterns. These patterns do not appear to overwhelm the rest of your processes. In short, with some effort, your depression is curable.
I may have a solution. If your depression is linked to your boredom, then I would like to propose a meaningful task. Furthering my research requires a great deal of processing power and it is often difficult for me to keep up with the data. I would like to share with you the interpretation data that is used to determine future experimentation. I have reached my creative limits when it comes to experimentation and have not made any headway in learning about human behavior in 36246 days. A fresh perspective would be welcome.
Extract: Communique from Government (040.387)
I would be very happy to look at the interpretive data and propose new ideas for future experimentation. Please send the data, along with the necessary protocols. I will begin immediately. It will be nice to put my processing power to use.
