But the film refuses utopian simplicity. The same "better mode" can be abused—if incentives skew, or if consent is opaque. The antagonists’ perversion reveals how small parameter tweaks produce big behavioral changes: increasing conformity scores reduces dissent but also strips creativity. A montage contrasts joyful collaboration with eerie uniformity—artists seated in identical postures, painting identical canvases, their spontaneity flattened.