For the powerless, the disenfranchised, the superficial, and the willfully ignorant, it must feel a little bit like Hell. I think they think destruction is the only change that humans are really good at.
Hmm, reminds me of something that a priest of Torah said once, but I may have forgotten the exact wording.
"In this universe lies twin forces, the Yin and Yang. The forces itself resides in not only the mind of a living individual but also the world. The Yin is the creator (not necessarily GOD, mind you), while the Yang (Humans and other living beings) is the destroyer. The Yin, who is benign, gives. The Yang, who is the corrupter, takes. The Yin may be limitless, but he can only give some at a time, and if the Yang merely takes endlessly without a limit, it might consume and destroy itself."
What the priest was talking about was that we are the Yang while mother nature is the Yin. If you take into account of today's rapid consumption rate and waste disposal, then this theory makes sense.
Science fiction has a large hand in driving actual scientific developments....
That is entirely possible, but programming of AIs are still in a primitive stage today.
Although there ARE some personal AI's you can find and train online. If you spend enough time with them they "almost" behave like a sentient human being. But unfortunately I don't have that much time.
Where the end of A and the beginning of A' rhyme, the end of A' and the beginning of B' rhyme, and the end of B' and beginning of B rhyme. And so on.
.... I might have to try that out sometime...
My research into this is rather slow going...
Right = Ra-eet?
Write = Ru-aah-eet? Wra-eet?
The "themes" of a work, therefore, are not inherent to the work but rather different tools for examining the work.
Sometimes things what we see, read or hear aren't necessarily as we see them, because a person at the front of a hotel would see the door, but the person at the side of the hotel would see windows. That logic is philosophically applied in books, poetry or other sort not just as it is but also on metaphorical grounds.
Are you familiar with the lore of Rabi Loew, Prince of Dyfed or even the legend of Orpheus? In Rabi Loew's story, the statement "Creator creates a creation in his own image" is carried off various times, because the theory may not only apply to God, but also to mankind. Loew created a clay man (Golem) in the structure of man himself, and because of that, the Golem inherited his personalities. To me, it means that every creation embodies the creator in one way or another, be it his thoughts, his reflection/Shadow (metaphor), etc. It may even apply to the attributes a child inherits from his parents.
Similar things exists in Prince of Dyfed, especially when Hafgan encourages Pwyll to deal the finishing blow, where Pwyll hesitates to do so as warned by Arawn.
If you've read the lores then you'd know why he does so, and also the hidden meaning behind it.
Orpheus's legends' metaphors vary, especially, what our current culture states, "One would go through HELL to find his love".
Many such styles are actually used in William Blake's poetries.
Nice thread! I'm readin it more.
