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We’ll bring it back a little tonight, to some of the more traditional themes cyberpunk was designed to address. Dystopia as an exploration of consciousness, being-ness, and the development of transhumanism. Nakamura‘s Serial Experiments Lain. The consequences of living in a post-human society; one in which we have moved beyond the constraints imposed upon by biology. In a cute Japanese anime form no less!

As always, please forgive the commercials marring the last two. Veoh, sadly. Content aggregation can be remarkably difficult sometimes, especially when done manually. Luckily we have that most wonderful of outbrains; the interwebs, at our disposal.

I suppose it could be considered a bit ironic really. All these tools available for anyone’s use. Both enhancement and democratization. Viral propagation of information and the additional ability and understanding that can come with that. Who would have thought that being a good human would eventually entail being (at least) slightly inhuman? Yet now, it’s almost taboo to be uninformed. It portrays you as less than your peers. In-the-know, as it were, when the whole world has the potential to know everything.

Keep in mind Drooglings. Information is Universal; but Understanding is always Individual.

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