Spoilers Pluribus

[Aeson]

We would have no need for websites like this or TV shows. No more games or sports. No need for music. We will already know what the creative ones were thinking. That thing that makes an artist unique would be gone. That pain so many draw from to make their art would be gone.

They know everyone's secrets. They know who's on the Epstein list. Did sociopaths stop being sociopaths? Do drug abusers stop using? The voice on the phone said there was no more crime. What are the police doing now? Soldiers? Clergy? There's no need for religion anymore.

 

[Morrus]

I did wonder why they needed sirens when the emergency services arrived to help--surely everybody knows what's going on? No sirens needed.

People whose jobs are no longer relevant will presumably just do something else to help society be more efficient. The soldiers are now farming, etc. Everybody just does what's best for the good of everybody.

The more I think about it, the more I'm leaning towards the 'they're terrified of Carol' angle. In their mind, she's the monster that needs to be constantly pacified lest she kill 10 million of them with an angry outburst. Kind of an "I Am Legend" twist (the book, not the movie).