Abishai100
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This is a modernism-synthetics paranoia vignette inspired by the chaos-encounter imagination symbolism presented in the creature-alienation film Altitude.
It's also inspired by Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan.
Cheers,
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Dark-Man was a dark and ominous 'presence' from the abyss of the known universe. Dark-Man was a true relic of the 'dark-side,' sometimes 'visiting' the parallax we know as our 'normal universe' by traversing a metaphysical 'axis' of modernism consciousness (i.e., computers). Some wondered why a computer consciousness 'entity' would not resemble A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) robots but rather an ethereal electromagnetic 'spectre' of man-like but also reptilian shape. Sir Isaac Asimov believed that Dark-Man was some kind of 'relic' of virtual-reality after-images 'constructed' by the plethora of electronic (e.g., Internet) stimulus countless people stared at and absorbed into their brains on a daily basis in the modern world!
Dark-Man was no 'nice and sweet angel' but rather a prophetic 'Devil's Advocate' of modern-world piracy (e.g., Internet-hacking) and how new age society pundits, scientists, and social leaders were trying to coordinate commerce-based imagination (e.g., Amazon.com) with consumerism-culture hyperbole (e.g., Napster). That's why the Care Bears (sentient sentinels of heaven sent by God) were needed to confront the ominous intelligence of Dark-Man. Only the Care Bears had the necessary Earthly idealism and metaphysics friendliness to confront Dark-Man's brand of pure Machiavellian anti-capitalism cynicism (e.g., Enron, 9/11, etc.).
DARK-MAN: It's a Burger King universe...
CARE BEAR: There's nothing 'superficial' about commerce-based youthfulness.
DARK-MAN: What's so 'youthful' about cholesterol-culture?
CARE BEAR: Kids love McDonald's Happy Meals and enjoy celebrating toys!
DARK-MAN: Consumerism may yield many 'toys' (e.g., iPods), but there's much 'noise.'
CARE BEAR: Well, to clear up some of that 'cyber-clutter,' we have reliable domains.
DARK-MAN: If you're referring to Wikipedia and Facebook, there's much congestion.
CARE BEAR: You can't deny that shopping-and-networking conveniences promote talk.
DARK-MAN: What if Internet mail-order-brides are the new 'brides' of Frankenstein?
CARE BEAR: As long as there is community evaluations, traffic can feel 'sane.'
DARK-MAN: There should be a metric for measuring time spent on the cyber-world.
CARE BEAR: Energy-management is to Apple what nutrition was to Acme.
DARK-MAN: Maybe this is no longer the post-WWII generation, but GenX is vain!
CARE BEAR: Vanity is unavoidable in a time of immense tech-toy marketing.
DARK-MAN: I suppose you Care Bears are 'defenders' of commercial happiness...
CARE BEAR: Money can't buy everything, but it can secure social contracts!
Dark-Man realized that the Care Bears were much more ingenious and sensitive about modernism metallurgy/metaphysics than he at first assumed. The Care Bears realized that Dark-Man was very focused on the very real and human frill-superficial communications that made consumerism more like 'convenience-imagination' than 'toy-aesthetics.' That was the real conundrum regarding this symbolic exchange between Dark-Man and the Care Bears --- modern civilization needed to somehow (if at all possible!) coordinate labor with ambition. Technology was geared to reduce work but also designed to increase production output/efficiency.
Dark-Man decided to give the Care Bears special jars filled with the blue-light of fireflies from his 'dimension' of the universe (as keepsakes), so the Care Bears would remember Dark-Man when they stared down at his strange and hypnotic 'blue fireflies' (to compare with the 'normal' fun-loving green fireflies people were familiar with on Earth!). Dark-Man explained that his blue fireflies would remind the Care Bears that humanity needed occasional friendly 'reminders' of the intrinsic metaphysical value of expended energy in any form. The Care Bears were simply relieved they 'diluted' a truly anti-Internet (and nihilism-potent) 'nemesis' of modernism imagination who was simply shrinking. Dark-Man was the real Godzilla.
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It's also inspired by Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan.
Cheers,
====
Dark-Man was a dark and ominous 'presence' from the abyss of the known universe. Dark-Man was a true relic of the 'dark-side,' sometimes 'visiting' the parallax we know as our 'normal universe' by traversing a metaphysical 'axis' of modernism consciousness (i.e., computers). Some wondered why a computer consciousness 'entity' would not resemble A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) robots but rather an ethereal electromagnetic 'spectre' of man-like but also reptilian shape. Sir Isaac Asimov believed that Dark-Man was some kind of 'relic' of virtual-reality after-images 'constructed' by the plethora of electronic (e.g., Internet) stimulus countless people stared at and absorbed into their brains on a daily basis in the modern world!
Dark-Man was no 'nice and sweet angel' but rather a prophetic 'Devil's Advocate' of modern-world piracy (e.g., Internet-hacking) and how new age society pundits, scientists, and social leaders were trying to coordinate commerce-based imagination (e.g., Amazon.com) with consumerism-culture hyperbole (e.g., Napster). That's why the Care Bears (sentient sentinels of heaven sent by God) were needed to confront the ominous intelligence of Dark-Man. Only the Care Bears had the necessary Earthly idealism and metaphysics friendliness to confront Dark-Man's brand of pure Machiavellian anti-capitalism cynicism (e.g., Enron, 9/11, etc.).
DARK-MAN: It's a Burger King universe...
CARE BEAR: There's nothing 'superficial' about commerce-based youthfulness.
DARK-MAN: What's so 'youthful' about cholesterol-culture?
CARE BEAR: Kids love McDonald's Happy Meals and enjoy celebrating toys!
DARK-MAN: Consumerism may yield many 'toys' (e.g., iPods), but there's much 'noise.'
CARE BEAR: Well, to clear up some of that 'cyber-clutter,' we have reliable domains.
DARK-MAN: If you're referring to Wikipedia and Facebook, there's much congestion.
CARE BEAR: You can't deny that shopping-and-networking conveniences promote talk.
DARK-MAN: What if Internet mail-order-brides are the new 'brides' of Frankenstein?
CARE BEAR: As long as there is community evaluations, traffic can feel 'sane.'
DARK-MAN: There should be a metric for measuring time spent on the cyber-world.
CARE BEAR: Energy-management is to Apple what nutrition was to Acme.
DARK-MAN: Maybe this is no longer the post-WWII generation, but GenX is vain!
CARE BEAR: Vanity is unavoidable in a time of immense tech-toy marketing.
DARK-MAN: I suppose you Care Bears are 'defenders' of commercial happiness...
CARE BEAR: Money can't buy everything, but it can secure social contracts!
Dark-Man realized that the Care Bears were much more ingenious and sensitive about modernism metallurgy/metaphysics than he at first assumed. The Care Bears realized that Dark-Man was very focused on the very real and human frill-superficial communications that made consumerism more like 'convenience-imagination' than 'toy-aesthetics.' That was the real conundrum regarding this symbolic exchange between Dark-Man and the Care Bears --- modern civilization needed to somehow (if at all possible!) coordinate labor with ambition. Technology was geared to reduce work but also designed to increase production output/efficiency.
Dark-Man decided to give the Care Bears special jars filled with the blue-light of fireflies from his 'dimension' of the universe (as keepsakes), so the Care Bears would remember Dark-Man when they stared down at his strange and hypnotic 'blue fireflies' (to compare with the 'normal' fun-loving green fireflies people were familiar with on Earth!). Dark-Man explained that his blue fireflies would remind the Care Bears that humanity needed occasional friendly 'reminders' of the intrinsic metaphysical value of expended energy in any form. The Care Bears were simply relieved they 'diluted' a truly anti-Internet (and nihilism-potent) 'nemesis' of modernism imagination who was simply shrinking. Dark-Man was the real Godzilla.
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