Category: not Sci-Fi
in case you have any doubt who we are and where we are going – Carl Sagan, one of the greatest minds that ever lived
Think of all the momentary masters.. of a fraction of a dot. The delusion that we have privilege in the Universe.
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Knowing that – the rest is easy – go for it. Never settle.
“A computer animated hand”
Produced in 1972 it is believed to be the world’s first computer-generated 3D animation. It was created by Ed Catmull, one of the founders of Pixar at the University of Utah. It was also one of 25 new additions recently added to the US film archive, short-listed from 2228 films nominated by the public due to its cultural and historical significance.
awwww…. ain’t this awesome
Let’s see if you can pick out the humans with their little legs.
Robin Williams STS-26 “Good Morning Discovery” wake-up call
Rip Robin – depression is a bitch.
Robot Dances Gangnam Style
Joseph Campbell on Darth Vader
“Star Wars deals with the essential problem: Is the machine going to control humanity, or is the machine going to serve humanity? Darth Vader is a man taken over by a machine, he becomes a machine, and the state itself is a machine. There is no humanity in the state. What runs the world is economics and politics, and they have nothing to do with the spiritual life.
“So we are left with this void. It’s the job of the artists to create the new myths. Myths come from the artists.”
Joseph Campbell, interviewed by Chris Goodrich, Publisher’s Weekly (1985)
Speaking about the machines – a conversation about the machines in the Matrix Reloaded. It is not really about moving parts… it is about power and control. We truly are godlike thanks to the power machines give us – we stomp the land for resources and run around in space. It is truly sad also that we often unleash machines on each other, as if we have run out of beasts to conquer.. but this is another, and long, conversation.