tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3179069863789416483.post5151556629337867014..comments2023-07-19T07:49:53.361-07:00Comments on a few years in the Absolute Elsewhere: Entry 6: Elves and Eschatology Part 4: The Theology of The Ejector Seat.Tristan Eldritchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239386613395519115noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3179069863789416483.post-851992611860093102008-10-29T10:15:00.000-07:002008-10-29T10:15:00.000-07:00I may be mis-reading the article but I didn't thin...I may be mis-reading the article but I didn't think that the jump cut in 2001 suggested techno-fetishism or the ascent of the primacy of machine intelligence; rather that the progress of tens of thousands of years did not amount to much in the grander scheme of things. Dave is dependant on HAL and unable to cope in space without the cumbersome tools that technology has supplied. <BR/><BR/>The Star Child could then be conceived as a new evolutionary jump - one that removes the cumbersome medium of technology leaving them in more immediate contact with the universe. A refutation of techno-fetishism.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586662043941825397noreply@blogger.com