Sorry for the possible broken language. I write through a online-translator. The described world causes mixed impressions. The ability to get rid of the unsolicited influence of time is very valuable. But at the same time, there is an aspect of deceptiveness here. When reading, I felt the bitter laughter of a religious fundamentalist inside. You know, there are people who constantly accuse the modern Western technocratic civilization of hypocritical infantilism and of trying to forget about the existence of death. ”These naive hedonists try to forget about the Grim Reaper. But they didn’t really beat him. If you get into a car accident and die of wounds, then at that moment you will know that your current consciousness will disappear forever. Then another person wakes up in the hospital who does not remember the current moment. And there will continue to be many such deaths. “ That’s the trouble. Redaction Machines do not destroy death and suffering. It just becomes invisible. There’s a catch here. These machines gave humanity the dangerous illusion of immortality. As a result, humanity has even ceased to develop normal gerontology. The heroine of the story moves to an increasingly distant future, but medicine seems to be almost not developing. Naturally, why should people develop it? After all, all responsible decisions are made by people whose memory does not preserve death and suffering. Humanity is essentially divided into two factions − 1) those who think that everything is fine; 2) those who suffer and die, but their memories will disappear, so these versions of consciousness will not be able to influence the policy of distributing the state budget. It’s like in the movie “The Prestige,” where the decision to “Repeat the trick with drowning?” each time was made only by the surviving copy.
Sorry for the possible broken language.
I write through a online-translator.
The described world causes mixed impressions. The ability to get rid of the unsolicited influence of time is very valuable. But at the same time, there is an aspect of deceptiveness here. When reading, I felt the bitter laughter of a religious fundamentalist inside. You know, there are people who constantly accuse the modern Western technocratic civilization of hypocritical infantilism and of trying to forget about the existence of death.
”These naive hedonists try to forget about the Grim Reaper. But they didn’t really beat him. If you get into a car accident and die of wounds, then at that moment you will know that your current consciousness will disappear forever. Then another person wakes up in the hospital who does not remember the current moment. And there will continue to be many such deaths. “
That’s the trouble. Redaction Machines do not destroy death and suffering. It just becomes invisible. There’s a catch here. These machines gave humanity the dangerous illusion of immortality. As a result, humanity has even ceased to develop normal gerontology. The heroine of the story moves to an increasingly distant future, but medicine seems to be almost not developing. Naturally, why should people develop it? After all, all responsible decisions are made by people whose memory does not preserve death and suffering. Humanity is essentially divided into two factions − 1) those who think that everything is fine; 2) those who suffer and die, but their memories will disappear, so these versions of consciousness will not be able to influence the policy of distributing the state budget. It’s like in the movie “The Prestige,” where the decision to “Repeat the trick with drowning?” each time was made only by the surviving copy.