[Voice]

[gaveherwings]

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?

Comments

voice

[istheatmosphere]

People are really the only creatures who rebel against their fates. [Not condemning nor praising. A simple observation.]

voice

[gaveherwings]

I wonder what that says about us.

voice

[istheatmosphere]

I'm not certain. The Kiches also said that people were the only creatures who could not hear the voice of Sarjalim.

Maybe we are fundamentally unsuited to faith.

Voice

[gaveherwings]

Or perhaps the creator simply does not choose to speak with us?

Perhaps we strive too hard, to become like Gods ourselves.

Perhaps that troubles them.

Voice

[istheatmosphere]

Or perhaps it's the opposite, and we are the least like gods.

I can't claim to know Sarjalim's will.

Re: Voice

[gaveherwings]

That would be an unhappy surprise, for all our hubris, wouldn't it? But it's not impossible. I can tell you that for a fact.

A human body, if made with the right components, if carefully designed to support the genetic material... of something that is god-like, can be sublimated into something far greater-

I'm getting ahead of myself.

You're right. We cannot know the creator's will, unless he speaks.

voice

[istheatmosphere]

[Ooookay. Kind of disturbed by that outburst, but well-bred enough not to let it show.]

I can see why She wouldn't want to share eternity with us; any species unstable enough to war itself into oblivion or thoughtlessly destroy its own home would probably be a tedious companion.

Re: voice

[gaveherwings]

If a destructive impulse is something we were created with the capacity for, that's a bit cruel to give us then deny us companionship for, isn't it?

voice

[istheatmosphere]

I suppose it is. I find it easier to believe in love and in life, than to believe in a God so cruel.

voice

[gaveherwings]

It seems that cruelty and love alike go hand in hand with life, for reasons I still wish I could fathom.

voice

[istheatmosphere]

I wish I could disagree.

voice

[gaveherwings]

And the same can be said for the disposition of our makers, as well.