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sirenspull2012-09-15 09:09 pm
gaveherwings) wrote in sirenspull2012-09-15 09:09 pm
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In the light of current events, as well as an increasing awareness of our dependency on electronic assistance, it begs the question...
Humankind really is over-reliant on our own technological advancements, aren't we?
My own city of Romdeau fell in part because of the Cogito Virus, which gave rise to the revolt of artificial intelligence. We could not function in our day-to-day lives without entourage and other service autoreivs handling menial operative tasks within the dome. People went mad, lost sheep- it was really quite humbling, how easy crippled we were. How childlike and helpless. Myself included. This world has changed me even in the simplest ways.
Three years ago, prior to my arrival, I'd never really done any cooking for myself, or cleaning for instance, or... so many things. Blackouts would render even the modern day hospital effectively paralyzed, if not for our backup generators.
(This is an awfully ironic conversation to be opening over NV, isn't it?)
All the same, my curiosity is piqued-
Some of you are from ages before the development of computers, androids, networks, lights, motorized vehicles, electronic devices and appliances, digital media, etc, etc...
I'd really like to know- what was it like? How did you live? What was the adaptations necessary, living "hands on", and without tools? Reliant on only face to face communications.
How is it for you now? Improved? Or do you feel as we're all inadept and talentless by comparison, as drone-like as the binary accessories which support us?
Humankind really is over-reliant on our own technological advancements, aren't we?
My own city of Romdeau fell in part because of the Cogito Virus, which gave rise to the revolt of artificial intelligence. We could not function in our day-to-day lives without entourage and other service autoreivs handling menial operative tasks within the dome. People went mad, lost sheep- it was really quite humbling, how easy crippled we were. How childlike and helpless. Myself included. This world has changed me even in the simplest ways.
Three years ago, prior to my arrival, I'd never really done any cooking for myself, or cleaning for instance, or... so many things. Blackouts would render even the modern day hospital effectively paralyzed, if not for our backup generators.
(This is an awfully ironic conversation to be opening over NV, isn't it?)
All the same, my curiosity is piqued-
Some of you are from ages before the development of computers, androids, networks, lights, motorized vehicles, electronic devices and appliances, digital media, etc, etc...
I'd really like to know- what was it like? How did you live? What was the adaptations necessary, living "hands on", and without tools? Reliant on only face to face communications.
How is it for you now? Improved? Or do you feel as we're all inadept and talentless by comparison, as drone-like as the binary accessories which support us?
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Sometimes, it demands that you resign yourself to living a life of very private satisfaction, in what little you are capable of directly affecting.
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You've done this before?
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[Asking all the questions all the time.]
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In other circumstances, its easier to let them think they're working for something within their own self-interests, when it is in fact yours.
Or you can be honest. Sometimes powerful people simply aren't expecting frankness. But you need to find meeting ground where their powers don't hold so much weight. Or you must decide that you have little left to lose.
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This is all so frustrating! We small people must either sacrifice a lot or let the bigger people walk all over us! I hate this!
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