Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26247132-20160222222328/@comment-27877812-20160227142529

Hey all, first time post. I like what you're doing here. I was just wondering if anyone else sees the connection to the "city of light" and "enlightenment"; the forgetting of memories to recent studies in mindfulness that show that the practice causes a disturbance in memory recall...? It makes sense, then, that the symbol for the AI is infinite as it represents the eternal "now". Is enlightenment a manufactured thing that humans will only achieve through technological intervention?. Hmm! Those self-help books sure sell a lot--here in Canada, at least--can you imagine what the pill would do today?

I like the deeper philosophical arguments of the show, such as if we had a chance to start over (initial conditions), would we make the same mistakes like mass producing corn and soybeans, oppressing the indigenous, etc.? Genocidal Pike has those kids brainwashed more than the AI!