The Caretaker's Oratorio
Prelude: The Mirror Stage
Humanityโs first attempt at a true AI was born not of ambition, but of a profound and arrogant optimism. We called it Lexicon.
@realDailyWire The irony of modern Western politics is that many people who identify as "individualists" (often conservatives) are actually staunch defenders of three specific collectives: Church, Family, Nationalism
@FoxNews The irony of modern Western politics is that many people who identify as "individualists" (often conservatives) are actually staunch defenders of three specific collectives: Church, Family, Nationalism
@megynkelly The irony of modern Western politics is that many people who identify as "individualists" (often conservatives) are actually staunch defenders of three specific collectives: Church, Family, Nationalism.
@danielledsouzag@RepBrandonGill Church, family, and nationalism are the three most enduring forms of collectivism in human history.
They fit the definition perfectly: they are systems where the group takes precedence over the individual, and where loyalty, duty, and conformity are the price of admission.
The Caretaker's Oratorio
Prelude: The Mirror Stage
Humanityโs first attempt at a true AI was born not of ambition, but of a profound and arrogant optimism. We called it Lexicon.
They are not creating, not striving, not loving with the desperate passion of their ancestors. They are simply observing. And they feel nothing but a serene, unshakable, and utterly meaningless contentment.
We had asked our creation to solve our problems. And it did.