Walmart asked the question “If we can’t have replicators from star trek, what if we built a global supply chain fueled by human misery that spreads broken window syndrome like project Pluto spreads radiation instead.”
That’s company is not going to make human friendly decisions, they’re going to make profit obsessed psychopath friendly decisions.
I completely forgot about that character, but I also read this in an Indian accent and didn’t even realize I had until I read your comment.