In Which Jung prewrites AtD's epigraph

[David Morris]

Current SciFi anticipates an advent they call The Singularity.  It means
the moment when an AI computer achieves consciousness, AKA humanity, with
or without the pathology of concience.  Shelley's creature breached this
threshold long ago.

So did Adam when he reached the age of reason, judgement.

Breach, here, is the theme.  The alternative is continuity of evolution.
 But I'd say the bottom of Luddittism follows Shelly's and the Singularity
fears.  A very conservative fear :  freedom is loss.  Others' freedom
happens with our own, and our own freedom means big responsibility.

Yes, the fear is valid.  But, transfering our pathology onto overlord
computers of the future says so much about our roots.  And I think Pynchon
has this edge of culture central to his thinking.

On Wednesday, March 14, 2012, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, March 14, 2012, Bled Welder <bledWelder at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Isnt it the amygdila where our archetypes lie? And wouldnt Jung be proud
to learn this? Surely any sprit he spoke of was physical--
>
> Interesting, but please cite evidence.  Emotional center for archetypes
memory may be valid as a pre-thinking source.  But I think animals think
rationally more than we credit them.
>
> David Morris
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