World of Karma?

[Abishai100]

This new world of ours is gauged by profit networks (e.g., European Union) and savvy technologies (e.g., smartphones).

It can therefore be a world of motivational commerce (e.g., Facebook business ads) or cynicism/terrorism (e.g., Internet hackers, ISIS, etc.).

It's been a challenge for our global culture to adapt to new trends in business and science (and technology), and now that it seems we're settling down and Hollywood (USA) is responding with culture-celebration films such as Ex Machina and Star Wars: Rogue One, perhaps it's time to evaluate the comforts of human balances.

What would God and Satan say about such a passing of a species hurdle?

How will archeologists of the future categorize our era's contemplation of 'karma' or arrogance?


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GOD: Steve Jobs was really the Abraham Lincoln of the new era.
SATAN: The Internet hacker is the new terrorist.
GOD: Humans achieved commerce milestones with NASDAQ.
SATAN: Everyone feared biochemical warfare and the NSA.
GOD: American youngsters like comic book villains such as Electro and Brainiac.
SATAN: Such figurative characters reflect a metaphysics curiosity about 'safe science.'
GOD: Will we repeat the mistakes of the past (e.g., Eugenics)?
SATAN: Perhaps the future will be marked by science and not war.
GOD: There will always be a fear of 'environmental deformity.'
SATAN: Perhaps there will also be 'Christian detectives.'

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[Damaged Eagle]

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[TheOldSchool]

Don't worry guys. All we need to turn to is God's greatest message to humanity:

 

[Abishai100]

Superman vs. Doomsday


The whole Death of Superman storyline involving the world's favorite comic book superhero tackling a nearly-invincible super-monster named Doomsday who seems to 'deform' our sensibilities about any kind of structural security/safety (given his overwhelming bullyish strength) makes me think about what kinds of 'folk stories' appeal to us in the modern age.

I find many cultural parallels between Doomsday and the Terminator and Predator.

Just wanted to add that art-noir thought (and thanks for the humor-lightening comments!).

 

[Abishai100]

The Dominant Paradigm


What if machines are making us cynical and neglectful of Earth's natural ecological sensitivity?

Many sci-fi stories/films characterize a Cassandra-like paranoia about post-Industrial spiritual deformity caused by over-indulgence in machines. These stories/films such as The Terminator are 'self-fulfilling prophecy films' meant to propose the notion that precise intellectual ambitions are corrupting humanity's focus on gluttony.

The Red Dragon painting by William Blake (shown below) indicates a human curiosity about the 'shape of submission.'

What are the differences between Icarus and Prometheus?