In Which Jung prewrites AtD's epigraph

[Joseph Tracy]

http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_essays_luddite.html



On Mar 15, 2012, at 9:24 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:

> David Morris writes:
> "And I think Pynchon has this edge of culture central to his thinking."
>  
> Anyone have at hand those words from the Slow Learner intro in which TRP speaks about the future where
> brain science and neurons and computing will converge? As I remember (or misremember) it, it speaks to this
> observation.
> 
> From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> To: Bled Welder <bledWelder at hotmail.com> 
> Cc: Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>; Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>; pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org> 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 11:15 PM
> Subject: Re: In Which Jung prewrites AtD's epigraph
> 
> 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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