tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post7015764396938688842..comments2024-03-21T22:36:54.451-04:00Comments on HISTORIES OF THINGS TO COME: Internet Shadows in Broad, Sunlit UplandsLC Douglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-51717192214176500452011-06-04T14:37:49.326-04:002011-06-04T14:37:49.326-04:00Hi Dia,
Glad you liked the post. I think the prob...Hi Dia,<br /><br />Glad you liked the post. I think the problem of consciousness living on in cyberspace is something that people are only just grasping. The implications of it - well - those may only become plain long after we are gone. Maybe that will be a good thing. Please by all means link back to this post.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-55428083694722432382011-06-02T14:42:09.731-04:002011-06-02T14:42:09.731-04:00"Will this really free us from the incessant ..."Will this really free us from the incessant tension between the concrete world and our consciousness? Is some virtual reality corner of the Internet going to become the dimension that houses a billion disembodied souls, forever?" <br /><br />Eerie thought, that. And, in some strange way probably inevitable, provided the internet continues and we're not all wiped out by an asteroid. On the other hand, cyber-space can be seen as a type of reflection of our haunted world, as opposed to its shadow... with consciousness as the go-between... the dimension of mind before and behind the mirror.<br /><br />I guess what I'm trying to say is that the ghosts aren't trapped in the machine... merely the reflections of their past - histories reverberating in pixels - and, in my opinion, there never will be a true marriage between machine and spirit. The "broad, sunlit uplands" are reserved for those of organic persuasion alone.<br /><br />Then again, who's to say where consciousness really fits into this equation. ;-)<br /><br />In any case, thanks for your thought-provoking post... using the metaphor of Plato's cave was brilliant!<br /><br />If you don't mind, I'm going to post a link on PMB.<br /><br />DiaDia Sobin (Araqinta)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03398194511342193439noreply@blogger.com