I posted this on Reddit a while ago and it sparked some really good discussion and recommendations.
I really like The Expanse - as it doesn’t just discuss the attempted terraforming of Mars and the colonisation of the Main Asteroid Belt but also
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the way that these communities decline when abundant habitable planets are discovered, where life is much easier.
So yeah, what are your best examples?
I think Quantum Thief and its sequels do this well. There are some serious consequences when literally everything has computing and networking capabilities and mind uploading is possible. Like they found out it’s easier and safer to train and upload human minds even for simple tasks because they are already aligned with humanity, unlike completely synthetic AIs. Is it ethical? Not really, but the children from third world countries were cheap and it is really convenient.