@ all the freaks espousing ant like Utopian socialism ideals... you go ahead and have your lobotomy. If slaving 24/7 for no discernible purpose other than some vaguely perceived goal of the "greater good" is what you want, then you go for it. As for me, I'll stick with being human, and stay out of Communist Russia; thanks.
Individualism and socialism can work well together. It's called social democracy, and you needn't look further than Canada, the UK or the Scandinavian countries like Norway and Sweden to see how much better it works than the American capitalist hierarchy.
Absolutely. Really, there is no respect shown here for the brilliant souls that built the city. I'm sorry, but I don't think the scientists have much of a right to destroy an entire city if we are dumb enough to be puzzled by it.