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Futuristic Societies

Futuristic Societies. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick, 1968. Philip K. Dick, 1928-1982. Born in Chicago Began writing 1952 Interest in metaphysics and theology Questioning the universe Fictionalizing philosophizer 44 published novels, 121 short stories

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Futuristic Societies

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  1. Futuristic Societies Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick, 1968

  2. Philip K. Dick, 1928-1982 Born in Chicago Began writing 1952 Interest in metaphysics and theology Questioning the universe Fictionalizing philosophizer 44 published novels, 121 short stories Blade runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly

  3. The Apocalypse? What is behind our appetite for doomsday visions? Are we confronting deep-seated species-wide fear? Can’t we wait for the end of the world? Philosophy & Culture The Road , 2006, Cormac McCarthy. It is a post-apocalyptic tale of a journey taken by a father and his young son over a period of several months, across a landscape blasted by an unnamed cataclysm that destroyed all civilization and, apparently, almost all life on earth.

  4. Android? An android is a robot or synthetic organism designed to look and act like a human. Largely within the domain of science fiction Frequently seen in film and television.

  5. Android Honda and several other corporations and private enterprises have developed impressive androids A long way to go to make them fully human like.

  6. c-3po Star Wars – Luke Skywalker and c-3po

  7. Humanity What constitutes the quality of being human? What role does nature play for humans? Destruction of the world as we know it Insanity of humans Non-comprehension of their insanity

  8. Artifice Artificial humans Artificial animals Self-extermination Empathy – group fusion / moral choices Move to Mars!

  9. Social Body Michel Foucault:“the idea of a social body constituted by the universality of wills” is a great fantasy the “phenomenon of the social body is the effect not of a consensus but of the materiality of power operating on the very bodies of individuals.” Earth has created a hierarchy of power

  10. Hope? The “Specials” Empathy – social structure Rational hope? Religious hope? Nature Kipple

  11. Rick Deckard, Bounty Hunter Married to Iran No children, but an artificial sheep Identity linked to destroyed nature Creation of a subject-identity ~ possession of power over an animal (nature) Fake nature  fake identity  grey zone between human and android Android are indistinguishable from humans  empathy test

  12. Westworld http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFmKvY6PN2M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAy8YnKvHQ4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQVWP8fP5To

  13. Identity-crisis Power hierarchy Annual, decisive personality tests Buster Friendly Mercer Survival of the fittest Central irony

  14. Fulfillment & Humanity? Empathy and fusion Human = non-android Empathy solely towards other humans Doubt creates a dilemma  despair and resignation Inter-subjective identity formation as key to humanity The empathy box

  15. Aliens? Marital relationships ~ Rachel Rosen Reconciling the diminishing distinction between humans and androids Mercer: “the basic condition of life to be required to violate your own identity” Enlightenment – The Tomb World

  16. Mercerism Religion called Mercerism Establish ethical, moral norms of behavior Create empathetic fusion Shame / blushing reaction Mercer, the person ~ Jesus? Repetitive cycle – no forward momentum Opposed to Kierkegaard – the individual + God

  17. Humans and Animals Squirrels Sisyphus Mankind’s inherent stupidity Wrong choices Hopelessness Collective path to doom Self-destruction / Existential angst

  18. Blade Runner, 1982 • http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/blade-runner-clip-6-01-05-20-01-09-52/ea4f37468b36c6e25403ea4f37468b36c6e25403-502698673628?q=blade+runner+video+clips&FROM=LKVR5&GT1=LKVR5&FORM=LKVR29 • http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=blade+runner+video+clips&qpvt=blade+runner+video+clips&FORM=VDRE#

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