32717 - People’s protection
N. Lygeros
Translated from Greek by Athina Kehagias
He hadn’t realized that by doing good onto others, he was doing good to himself as well.
Of course, because he didn’t have the feeling of the prompt joy, the robot always examined the joy of others.
And when that existed, then his code incorporated this fact into a counter, and said to himself: +1.
In this manner, he had discovered the notion of metajoy prior to hearing this word for the first time in a video he had downloaded from the internet.
Thereon he comprehended another truth.
People’s protection didn’t necessarily bring them joy, as they could have been afraid of what they had been saved by.
Consequently, metajoy could not be created.
And he wondered how could the emotion that was caused upon him be named.
He searched everywhere for a word.
However he never found the analogous.
Therefore he thought of another solution, and found out how the one who did this action was called.
Then he saw for the first time who he was listening to.
Consequently, he decided to be Just as well, and he was metajoyous…