White Noise

[David Morris]

The scale of the atrocities unfolding in Israel, and Gaza are mine
boggling. Israel is very calculatedly RIGHT NOW planning its own  atrocity,
 at a scale much greater than Hamas did. That’s the point of retaliation:
don’t fuck with me.

“Never again,” also, means “You will never have the opportunity to do this
to me again.”

As far as I can see, technology makes retribution Solis only because of the
scale they can inflict requires a soul is being to push the button.

On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 11:13 AM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> I won't disagree with that, but the point is the soulless nature of the
> protagonist that tech represents. I know Mr P mentions there's always a
> human behind that big T (usually with a penis) in GR, but AI, in
> particular, in a war/irregular war context seems the culmination and pretty
> frightening. even if the cause is just, the suffering engendered will be 10
> or 2100 fold from what was wrought by those chimps
>
> rich
>
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 4:33 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Chimpanzee tribes murder for territorial advantage. Is that different
>> because modern human tools are more “tech?” Murder for territorial
>> advantage is as “natural” as it gets.
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 4:23 PM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm re-reading White Noise. Early in the novel, DeLillo writes:
>>> 'technology
>>> is lust removed from nature'. Beyond the pynchonian echoes, I can't help
>>> being reminded of that idea as one thinks of all the engenius materials
>>> of
>>> destruction being meted out in Israel, Gaza, Ukraine and elsewhere. a
>>> truly
>>> depressing thought.
>>> senseless, thoughtless entities driven by nothing beyond its goal, zero.
>>> the legacy of the V-2 is alive and kicking
>>>
>>> rich
>>
>>
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>>>
>>