First I must apologize, for by now, ‘love’ may be considered a term of hate speech. It seems that in a world of enforced equality, there is little room for love, or any strong motivation. Excellence has been ruled out before hand, growth is narrowly constrained.
A better term for ‘equity’ (equality of outcomes) is entropy, or heat death, the dispersal of all energy, after which nothing can happen, and there is nothing left to care.
Morning Tovarisch! Your choices are excellent fictional commentary on the present human condition. I would like to hear your thoughts on the best documentary. My choice: Idiocracy.
"Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.". ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
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Nice. I don't like hope, so I won't say hope. Hope is so, passive and it conveys and encourages the weakness of dependence and the forfeiture of agency. Remember Obama?
At any rate we can take inspiration and courage knowing that 2081 is thousands of years old. For we could add the myth of Procrustes to this list. Somehow that warning, no doubt based on past totalitarian, "equality and equity", regimes was heeded and we fulfilled a brighter vision in 19th century America. It can be done again. Death to the do-gooders!
I’ve only seen Gattaca, but I bought it so I’ve seen it several times. Vincent is placing himself, with his physical risks, as a weak link in the likely success of the mission as well as the safety of the crew.
The question I suspect was meant to be raised, what did genetic engineering overlook, if the engineered are without the drive or stability Vincent displays?
The ending of Nosedive is wonderful and pretty much how I have been on social media forever. Completely irrelevant and without fear because it doesn't matter... Or does it?
First I must apologize, for by now, ‘love’ may be considered a term of hate speech. It seems that in a world of enforced equality, there is little room for love, or any strong motivation. Excellence has been ruled out before hand, growth is narrowly constrained.
A better term for ‘equity’ (equality of outcomes) is entropy, or heat death, the dispersal of all energy, after which nothing can happen, and there is nothing left to care.
Morning Tovarisch! Your choices are excellent fictional commentary on the present human condition. I would like to hear your thoughts on the best documentary. My choice: Idiocracy.
3 all time greats!
"Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.". ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
But, I'd add the BladeRunner quadrilogy.
Nice. I don't like hope, so I won't say hope. Hope is so, passive and it conveys and encourages the weakness of dependence and the forfeiture of agency. Remember Obama?
At any rate we can take inspiration and courage knowing that 2081 is thousands of years old. For we could add the myth of Procrustes to this list. Somehow that warning, no doubt based on past totalitarian, "equality and equity", regimes was heeded and we fulfilled a brighter vision in 19th century America. It can be done again. Death to the do-gooders!
"Of course, they say every atom in our bodies was once part of a star."
Why once?
We’re living in a upside down world. I’m just trying my best to navigate my way through this dystopian nightmare 🤦🏻♂️
This is where we are. Black mirror. I was telling a shady person who was a Karen this earlier this year.
I’ve only seen Gattaca, but I bought it so I’ve seen it several times. Vincent is placing himself, with his physical risks, as a weak link in the likely success of the mission as well as the safety of the crew.
The question I suspect was meant to be raised, what did genetic engineering overlook, if the engineered are without the drive or stability Vincent displays?
This was before I discovered Substack, but this is brilliant! Kurt Vonnegut lives!
The ending of Nosedive is wonderful and pretty much how I have been on social media forever. Completely irrelevant and without fear because it doesn't matter... Or does it?
While not SciFi, have you seen the film The Rules of the Game? It's a 1939 French film which satirizes the Euro Elites on the dawn of the war.
Semper Fortis! 🕯️