which is fleeing the garbage-infested Earth. Robotic servants on the ship cater to their every whim. The humans float around on chairs with video screens that connect them to each other and through which they engage in virtual activities with each other. What could dim this utopic vision of leisure and the absence of suffering? Every inhabitant of the Axiom is morbidly obese, and inhabitants fail to have genuine interactions with each other or even be cognizant of their immediate surroundings. The