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SUCH an important topic.. I was even going to make a QOTW on this.. It is damn scary to think that our relationship with the world might be totally changed past what we already have changed in a very short time.. WE may be all seeing computer generated worlds overlayed on top of the real one.. WE may not even know or care what is real and what is not..
From a VERY high perspective maybe it doesnt matter.. because EVERYTHIGN is an illusion and not really real.. but then.. we have to ask.. IS our connection to nature and the natural flow essential for our humaneness..
What stuns me is that this discussion does not seem to be happening.. High tech companies seem to be able to invent ANYTHING and put it on us.. and no one has discussing the implications.. its like were running blind into the future..
maybe we just have to have faith and trust.. or do we have to to push back and shout NO!!!..
Great insights @eco-alex! It is pretty scary that we could be seeing such a departure from Earth and natural life ways that we forget what the elements are and are caught in a web of technology. The virutual and augmented reality things just seems way too Matrix for my comfort.
This scares me too as we don’t know the limits and of AI or if we are literally causing our own extinction.
You’re right, maybe nothing matters in the ever shifting tides of the cosmos. But missing out on the unique blessings of human consciousness seems a shame to me. Forgetting to breathe, feel wind,smell and feel the world is a tragedy...
Thanks for the inspired and thought provoking comment.