Heh. Many valid points, and I'll have to think about them for a bit. The reason why Yoshida was allowed to pull his stunt was really secondary to the boomer attack on the ADP. Later chapters will get into that, as you'll see when Ch 7 is posted. Releasing the powers in a timed movement after the riots begin very strongly point at deliberate machinations, and since Ai and Baty don't want to draw attention to themselves, it's better to make it look like a natural evolution in response to the riots. From their perspective, that makes it look like humanity is evolving a natural response to the threat of Boomer independence. And thus, their expectation that most, if not all of the humans will side against the boomers.
The problem with that philosophy, as you pointed out, is that it's two-dimensional. When you consider life as a balance sheet, it makes sense. Either you're making profit or you're suffering a loss. And people are inherently built to prefer profit over loss. So when played out using the models they're familiar with, it's a predictable outcome. Real Life is anything but, however. Which is why in the various snippets showing their conversations, you'll start to see them fraying at the ends as they try to keep control over what they've started.
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Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.
The problem with that philosophy, as you pointed out, is that it's two-dimensional. When you consider life as a balance sheet, it makes sense. Either you're making profit or you're suffering a loss. And people are inherently built to prefer profit over loss. So when played out using the models they're familiar with, it's a predictable outcome. Real Life is anything but, however. Which is why in the various snippets showing their conversations, you'll start to see them fraying at the ends as they try to keep control over what they've started.
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Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.