The future of humanity vs replacing ourselves out from the future - an edited free-write
Basic Premise:
I think that in the near future, i.e., around 50 years from now, we (the human race) should start concerning ourselves with the threat of destroying our future as a species through replacing ourselves in general, with our creations which are more efficient.
Elaboration and Extrapolation:
Of course we have already done so in certain areas- robotics; the simple and complex computer, the internet (replacing, or an attempt to replace significant pieces of culture); the internet search engine; "Wal-Mart"'s. But I say in general, because I speak to beyond us using "tools in humanity's tool-belt". I speak to a time and a situation when we are no longer the future; when our creations truly take over- become the progeny and inheritors of the potential of the human race, rather than humans.
We will continue towards this future as we follow our greed; our sloth, or drive for greater productivity; our quest for more power; for greater protection. Of course these things will start with the miracle of creation from the mind- that is fundamental to our species, but the in-general implementation will come from greed, etc.
We have created so many things that are simply better at doing their jobs than we are, that I think it's hard to not admit that every task we might put ourselves to, can be more efficiently done by other things. So where does this end? A time when our creations think for us, act for us (in almost all ways), make war for us, colonize the cosmos for us? I think in this end we see our race slowly whither away- no great apocolypse of a human / robot war, but a slow whithering away of a species such as the body whithers away when given a wheelchair / crutch.
Is there a way to keep us from going down this path? I don't think there is. I think it will happen- we will fundamentaly and truly replace ourselves; our greed, and other character-traits, will drive us inevitably. I think there is no use to attempt to get off this progression- through doing so we may delay it, but I think that is all. I feel it is man's fate to destroy himself, and that our measure of achievement is the length of time before we do so.
In free-writing this, an answer has occured to me- that a solution may lie not from without, but from within. If it is man's fate, given what man is, to destroy himself, then there may be hope in changing man; to fight or eliminate greed, sloth, our drive for ever greater and greater productivity, and our quest for more power; to give up our fear that spurs greater and greater protection. Yes, I think that's the answer- change ourselves; Change what our species is, or be eliminated.
Given this, I feel the future doesn't look bright as greed owns the present, as capitalism takes over our world.
As I said I think this is something we should be concerned with in the near future, not today.
art piece video short
Tubers going down a slow creek/river
A simple but profound representation of relationships.
A short looking down on a creek / small river. Two people on tubes float near eachother then lash together. They are kind to eachother, ?(showing non-ego, unconditional love)?, and concise. Eventually the lashing breaks and one floats away while the other is still shown floating down stream.
Playing with video speed and the reality of humanity/everything else, for us, existing at just this speed of time. To speed time up and down artisticaly to see better what we are.
Showing that we need not just see ourselves in this time speed. To speed up time to show crowds highly blurred- as true flowing energy/other. To slow down time greatly- what do we have then? To make a series surrounding this area.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Smiley and frowny faces for dishwasher, sink, etc- The frowny face shows if dishwasher needs to be emptied, sink has dishes, etc. smiley face if clean/done
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When you use evil in response to hurt, or evil, you start, or perpetuate the cycle of evil- you become part of the cycle.
When you use love, true love, in response to hurt, or evil, you do not start the cycle, or you stand a good chance of curing it- of stopping it.
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Bs- Every Moment Precious
Many times, being unselfish means asking for help
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On the value of small pieces of quality living / time--
Time is like things.
The amount of time is insignificant compared to the quality.
When looking on the past, present, future, be not overly concerned with amount of time spent doing a thing. Let this not keep you from doing it. It is the QUALITY that is important.
E.g., 10 minutes of fishing with your son every day can play an important part in his life.
The larger the Democracy, the greater the tyranny (of the majority).
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Video, Animation
The U.S. government as the older brother that keeps borrowing money from the younger brother, and accrues debt from irresponsible spending.
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It's interesting how when a person truly dies, they are the first of all the living, to take that step
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Father West poisons his children;
When he sees his children are sick he seeks medication to cure them, while still poisoning them.
He throws money at his children, and entertainment, while his children die
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Poem unwritten
An artist in born into a place where he/she cannot survive and thrive being an artist.
He/she is gifted with the ability to enrichen the lives of a community,
but society points him/her to another place filled with capitalism and/or elitism.
He/she goes to this "meca" for art, and takes a soul-withering job, hoping to "strike it rich".
Every day a loss for society because there isn't an adequate home for this artist.
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Video, Animation
The U.S. government as the older brother that keeps borrowing money from the younger brother, and accrues debt from irresponsible spending.
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It's interesting how when a person truly dies, they are the first of all the living, to take that step
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Father West poisons his children;
When he sees his children are sick he seeks medication to cure them, while still poisoning them.
He throws money at his children, and entertainment, while his children die
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Poem unwritten
An artist in born into a place where he/she cannot survive and thrive being an artist.
He/she is gifted with the ability to enrichen the lives of a community,
but society points him/her to another place filled with capitalism and/or elitism.
He/she goes to this "meca" for art, and takes a soul-withering job, hoping to "strike it rich".
Every day a loss for society because there isn't an adequate home for this artist.
Monday, December 31, 2012
Non-Profit, Social help
This is a rough-copy idea;
There are many organizations that help provide human necessities such as food, water, clothing, and shelter, but none that help provide just as important necessities such as love (umbrella category), someone to talk to, and touch.
So, organizations that help provide the other, very necessary parts of living to those in need.
Touch therapy, talking therapy (need only be an average person that is willing to talk and listen), non-profits that help those in need find friend and mate companionship, organizations that help pair those in need with "pets in need".
This is a rough-copy idea;
There are many organizations that help provide human necessities such as food, water, clothing, and shelter, but none that help provide just as important necessities such as love (umbrella category), someone to talk to, and touch.
So, organizations that help provide the other, very necessary parts of living to those in need.
Touch therapy, talking therapy (need only be an average person that is willing to talk and listen), non-profits that help those in need find friend and mate companionship, organizations that help pair those in need with "pets in need".
Video, Internet, "Politics"
"Politics" in that it's a discussion and illustration of beliefs, opinions, and their differences.
I think I've wrote this down in some form or another but I think it's important:
A round-table discussion featuring the same person, just "costumed" (e.g., one has a mustache, one has a top hat, etc) differently, with each "person" representing a different view-point for an issue..
The discussion illustrates the different "positions" on an issue- what they are, why they are, and how they're different from others.
A level-headed discussion that basically boils down the divisiveness of issues to show the truth of the "opinion/belief landscape".
No value attributed to any of the "positions".
Examples of issues: Abortion, Israel vs Palestine, Liberalism vs Conservatism, "Religion vs Science"
"Politics" in that it's a discussion and illustration of beliefs, opinions, and their differences.
I think I've wrote this down in some form or another but I think it's important:
A round-table discussion featuring the same person, just "costumed" (e.g., one has a mustache, one has a top hat, etc) differently, with each "person" representing a different view-point for an issue..
The discussion illustrates the different "positions" on an issue- what they are, why they are, and how they're different from others.
A level-headed discussion that basically boils down the divisiveness of issues to show the truth of the "opinion/belief landscape".
No value attributed to any of the "positions".
Examples of issues: Abortion, Israel vs Palestine, Liberalism vs Conservatism, "Religion vs Science"
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Poem
Live my child, and be unafraid;
Let the rainbow of your self rush forth and fill the world around you.
But know that, if you do that which I do not approve of,
I will remove my love.
And so go on into this world;
Never happy.
Always chasing something that you can't quite understand,
Because what you're chasing is the true expression of yourself;
And that self is imprisoned deep within with bars of the strongest stuff;
The fear of being dis-loved.
Live my child, and be unafraid;
Let the rainbow of your self rush forth and fill the world around you.
But know that, if you do that which I do not approve of,
I will remove my love.
And so go on into this world;
Never happy.
Always chasing something that you can't quite understand,
Because what you're chasing is the true expression of yourself;
And that self is imprisoned deep within with bars of the strongest stuff;
The fear of being dis-loved.
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A movie theatre that plays only classics (mostly modern "classics"), and with adequate-quality equipment.
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Alternative energy, reduction in tornado damage.
A system for the energy harnessing of tornadoes, and also a way to safely release the potential energy of weather systems that create tornadoes in high-risk areas.
I had this idea many years ago.
The idea is based upon one crucial premise which may or may not be true:
The system of a tornado is basically the same as the system of water funneling down a drain-
That a tornado is created because of a mass of cooler air has become suspended over a mass of warmer air, and this system becomes "equalized" via a tornado that has the warmer air traveling up through the center of the tornado, and cooler air traveling down, along the outside of the tornado.
^If that premise isn't true then the idea doesn't work.
The idea is the usage of a "device" that acts as a catalyst for creating tornadoes via a relatively low-power laser at the center of the device, with tunnels extending from the center to a great area around the center. The center is elevated slightly off of the ground.
Small fan turbines are inside the tunnels. The laser fires vertically. The tornado begins to form around the laser. The air going through the tunnels is managed so the tornado does not get too large, but still is forced to stay centered on the device. The fan turbines are used to "piggy back" off of the system to harness some energy.
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Technology, Video, Animation, Art
A metaphorical illustration and guide on the creation of any "pathway" (a mechanism for the efficient transfer of information or matter).
Initially there is travel from Point A to Point B with units. Then the units start bringing things to create a mesh around the path they take from Point A to Point B. The mesh allows for more efficient transmission on the path. Through continual addition the mesh becomes a tunnel.
The tunnel is a solid connection from Point A to Point B and allows for the most efficient transmission.
Expeditionaries place way-points where there wasn't a path. Adventurers that follow place more way-points and camps along the way. Tradesmen and families create a dirt road and small towns along the way. The camps become unecessary and disappear. Engineers and tradesmen create roads.
Engineers and tradesmen create better roads. The towns become unecessary and disappear. The roads become high-efficiency rails. The rails become tubes. Point A and Point B become almost indistinguishable. New Point B's are focused on.
^^^^^^^^^ My initial idea was to illustrate this concept with "boxy" animation in space. My main point is that efficient passage-ways can be made anywhere.
A movie theatre that plays only classics (mostly modern "classics"), and with adequate-quality equipment.
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Alternative energy, reduction in tornado damage.
A system for the energy harnessing of tornadoes, and also a way to safely release the potential energy of weather systems that create tornadoes in high-risk areas.
I had this idea many years ago.
The idea is based upon one crucial premise which may or may not be true:
The system of a tornado is basically the same as the system of water funneling down a drain-
That a tornado is created because of a mass of cooler air has become suspended over a mass of warmer air, and this system becomes "equalized" via a tornado that has the warmer air traveling up through the center of the tornado, and cooler air traveling down, along the outside of the tornado.
^If that premise isn't true then the idea doesn't work.
The idea is the usage of a "device" that acts as a catalyst for creating tornadoes via a relatively low-power laser at the center of the device, with tunnels extending from the center to a great area around the center. The center is elevated slightly off of the ground.
Small fan turbines are inside the tunnels. The laser fires vertically. The tornado begins to form around the laser. The air going through the tunnels is managed so the tornado does not get too large, but still is forced to stay centered on the device. The fan turbines are used to "piggy back" off of the system to harness some energy.
------------------
Technology, Video, Animation, Art
A metaphorical illustration and guide on the creation of any "pathway" (a mechanism for the efficient transfer of information or matter).
Initially there is travel from Point A to Point B with units. Then the units start bringing things to create a mesh around the path they take from Point A to Point B. The mesh allows for more efficient transmission on the path. Through continual addition the mesh becomes a tunnel.
The tunnel is a solid connection from Point A to Point B and allows for the most efficient transmission.
Expeditionaries place way-points where there wasn't a path. Adventurers that follow place more way-points and camps along the way. Tradesmen and families create a dirt road and small towns along the way. The camps become unecessary and disappear. Engineers and tradesmen create roads.
Engineers and tradesmen create better roads. The towns become unecessary and disappear. The roads become high-efficiency rails. The rails become tubes. Point A and Point B become almost indistinguishable. New Point B's are focused on.
^^^^^^^^^ My initial idea was to illustrate this concept with "boxy" animation in space. My main point is that efficient passage-ways can be made anywhere.
To see some behaviours & thought patterns as puzzle pieces that fit together (the child with the distanced father seeks out attention in unhealthy
ways), and others as replications.
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An animated music video
The creation and death of humans as a rhythm. Show that a musical art flows from this rhythm. The music isn't because of the
cycle of death, but is the beauty created while humans are alive.
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Internet, Social
A website designated solely with displaying the most violent individuals and "people of nations". Measured in killings perpetrated.
The most violent "people of nations" is calculated this way: All killings perpetrated through the judicial system* and offensive wars/conflicts (any
military action that is not a nation defending itself within its own borders) by that nation is divided by the number of people within that nation.
So basically it's how many people each person kills through the actions of their governments. Also an obligatory list of the most peaceful
"people of nations".
Compiled and a "top ten" list for individuals and "people of nations" posted every week. A "top ten" list per week, per month, per year.
Information on how totals were reached diplayed when each nation is clicked on, as well as a page for each nation, tracking
its "progress" with statistical displays and additional information.
*(self-defense killings by police officers not included)
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The creation of art should never be pursued as a profession.
Poem
I was walking down a path.
The air was passing from my right. I could hear it in the trees, and feel it, slightly, in my hair.
As I walked others came and joined me. Sometimes singly, other times in groups. We walked together.
They strengthened me.
At times I would fall, and they would lift me up.
They accepted me.
They accepted all the colors of myself. I knew that with them I was safe.
As time passed some left, but they did not become entirely gone. They were not physically there but still walked with me. When
I would fall, their spirits lifted me up.
Soon I died and passed from this life.
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Commentary on "Blow back"
Blow back does not just include retaliation against the US. Blow back also includes the severe tightening of national security for
other countries, and the reduction for civil liberties to people of other countries due to the threat of instability insighted
by other countries.
To clandestinely overthrow other countries' regimes is a very short-sighted and unwise thing.
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A love story poem
I was born crying.
My father was strong and my mother was loving.
Through their love and openness they built me and taught me how to be happy in this world.
I strove forward in this life with the support of my family and soon friends that gave me strength and courage to do the hardest things in life.
As I traveled forward an angel came to me. She sat on my lap. She made me happy. I embraced her and she me.
From our embrace sprung children- plants flourishing from the earth of our love.
We tended them as we ourselves were tended when we were growing.
Before us, as our children grew, and then had children, we witnessed the ever-increasing blossoming of Love.
As we grew old we looked behind us and saw that we a part of this grand blossoming, that comes from our ancestors and continues through our children.
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Poem
The Tulip in the meadow.
I came up to it and traced the shape of its soft delicate pedals with my finger
A (breeze) (Wafeted) across the field
With a sigh the pedal fell, its delicate life carried away by the (breeze)
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I wrote a "poem" years ago representing an idealized vision of the future for humanity. I probably have it on a piece of paper,
but I'm not going to look for it. Below is an attempt at listing its basic outline.
People populating the world, then expanding from the earth like a flower, reaching out to the sun.
Blossoming open to the sun and then growing its roots to other planets.
Becoming a mesh that exists both on planets and in space), with energy flowing through it as pulses of thought
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To seek to dominate a system then to fracture is the way of Evolution.
If the Dominant is not intentionally fractured, then the Dominant will eventually cause its own destruction.
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Science creates a platform of "what is known" and "what is unknown" about reality for humanity. Thinkers, mystics, and artists then create a
garden of ideas from this platform, and with this, the creation of our own existence. The created ideas should not contradict science,
but science cannot invalidate an idea because it travels into "the unknown".
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Poem
"In the land of the automobile"
I went out from my house into a place of stillness and calm. From stillness reached out my touching of the people of my community.
We began to touch eachother and create relationships. A noise was heard. A car passed by on a nearby road. We waited for it to pass,
then continued with the creation of our community. Another car passed. We paused. Then another. We went in our houses and waited.
The cars did not stop. Our reaching out withdrew. We stayed in our houses.
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Internet accessible Video "surveilance" at child care centers
Installation of video "surveillance" inside of day care centers.
Basically parents can go online and view their children within day care centers while they are at work.
----------------
Music, Culture, Social, Internet
An internet program/website that allows users to individualy or collectively create classical music compositions through humming. The program translates
the music hummed into music played by an artificial (non-human) classical instrument of the user's choosing. The tone-age of the humming is translated
"ver-batim" (never have an option to auto-tune humming translation), but afterwards the user can manually tweak the tone of the music played. Once a
composition is completed, the user or group can then post it to another part of the website. Users vote on posted compositions and the ones with
the highest votes every month are played by a professional orchestra. Afterwards the recordings of the performances are then posted on a designated place on the website.
If the website proves successful, then follow up with video recordings of the performances and live streaming of the performances.
I was walking down a path.
The air was passing from my right. I could hear it in the trees, and feel it, slightly, in my hair.
As I walked others came and joined me. Sometimes singly, other times in groups. We walked together.
They strengthened me.
At times I would fall, and they would lift me up.
They accepted me.
They accepted all the colors of myself. I knew that with them I was safe.
As time passed some left, but they did not become entirely gone. They were not physically there but still walked with me. When
I would fall, their spirits lifted me up.
Soon I died and passed from this life.
-------------------------
Commentary on "Blow back"
Blow back does not just include retaliation against the US. Blow back also includes the severe tightening of national security for
other countries, and the reduction for civil liberties to people of other countries due to the threat of instability insighted
by other countries.
To clandestinely overthrow other countries' regimes is a very short-sighted and unwise thing.
-------------------------
A love story poem
I was born crying.
My father was strong and my mother was loving.
Through their love and openness they built me and taught me how to be happy in this world.
I strove forward in this life with the support of my family and soon friends that gave me strength and courage to do the hardest things in life.
As I traveled forward an angel came to me. She sat on my lap. She made me happy. I embraced her and she me.
From our embrace sprung children- plants flourishing from the earth of our love.
We tended them as we ourselves were tended when we were growing.
Before us, as our children grew, and then had children, we witnessed the ever-increasing blossoming of Love.
As we grew old we looked behind us and saw that we a part of this grand blossoming, that comes from our ancestors and continues through our children.
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Poem
The Tulip in the meadow.
I came up to it and traced the shape of its soft delicate pedals with my finger
A (breeze) (Wafeted) across the field
With a sigh the pedal fell, its delicate life carried away by the (breeze)
---------------------
I wrote a "poem" years ago representing an idealized vision of the future for humanity. I probably have it on a piece of paper,
but I'm not going to look for it. Below is an attempt at listing its basic outline.
People populating the world, then expanding from the earth like a flower, reaching out to the sun.
Blossoming open to the sun and then growing its roots to other planets.
Becoming a mesh that exists both on planets and in space), with energy flowing through it as pulses of thought
------------------
To seek to dominate a system then to fracture is the way of Evolution.
If the Dominant is not intentionally fractured, then the Dominant will eventually cause its own destruction.
------------------
Science creates a platform of "what is known" and "what is unknown" about reality for humanity. Thinkers, mystics, and artists then create a
garden of ideas from this platform, and with this, the creation of our own existence. The created ideas should not contradict science,
but science cannot invalidate an idea because it travels into "the unknown".
-------------------
Poem
"In the land of the automobile"
I went out from my house into a place of stillness and calm. From stillness reached out my touching of the people of my community.
We began to touch eachother and create relationships. A noise was heard. A car passed by on a nearby road. We waited for it to pass,
then continued with the creation of our community. Another car passed. We paused. Then another. We went in our houses and waited.
The cars did not stop. Our reaching out withdrew. We stayed in our houses.
------------------
Internet accessible Video "surveilance" at child care centers
Installation of video "surveillance" inside of day care centers.
Basically parents can go online and view their children within day care centers while they are at work.
----------------
Music, Culture, Social, Internet
An internet program/website that allows users to individualy or collectively create classical music compositions through humming. The program translates
the music hummed into music played by an artificial (non-human) classical instrument of the user's choosing. The tone-age of the humming is translated
"ver-batim" (never have an option to auto-tune humming translation), but afterwards the user can manually tweak the tone of the music played. Once a
composition is completed, the user or group can then post it to another part of the website. Users vote on posted compositions and the ones with
the highest votes every month are played by a professional orchestra. Afterwards the recordings of the performances are then posted on a designated place on the website.
If the website proves successful, then follow up with video recordings of the performances and live streaming of the performances.
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