It of course depends on the context and choice of ethics framework. If the decision is personal I like to use the shorthand: If you have the privilege to choose, then choose to build the type of future you want to live in.
You say that it is at the expense of the storytelling but to me it is the storytelling or at least an essential part of it and what makes it special.
If you prefer, there is plenty of other sci-fi where it’s just two strait white dudes using cgi to save the universe. But then that’s also not really a rich seam for storytelling.
I think you were looking for anglicisation the other is an Americanisation
I agree, but it is going to increase the charging time for a car by quite a bit unless the USB spec advances significantly.
So should we call this Xexit or just Xit?
In fact: 0! = 1