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[-] dingus@lemmy.ml 65 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I dunno, I always thought it was meant to mimic organics.

"Cable management" inside the human body is horrendous. So it felt like in the mixing of machine and biology, the machines had to become more biological in the way they worked to function properly in tandem with the Borg biology.

[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's exactly it. Cable management is a top-down design philosophy. The Borg are a collective that organically integrates biological, mechanical, electronic, and any other systems that they find useful--it's quite literally the polar opposite of a top-down design philosophy.

It would be more surprising if the Borg had tidy cable management, because that implies some hierarchy. Actually, the Borg cubes are a little out of place in that regard. Spheres or fractal-ish structures would make more sense.

[-] ApostleO@startrek.website 49 points 1 year ago

Borg were scarier before the concept of the Queen.

[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

I kind of forgot about the Queen.... Totally agree.

[-] trailing9@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Capitalism is more elegant before the concept of fascism.

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