Yeah, the involuntary (?) creepiness factor of some series shoot up for me too after coming in contact with LW. On the other side, I appreciated Person of Interest so much more...
Try ‘The tale of Guzman’s family’ in Ch. Maturin’s ‘Melmoth the Wanderer’. A bit like some stories by O’Henry, and with a happy end. Oddly modern language, considering. I found it incredibly moving and clear (although I cannot see how selling one’s soul to the devil is any worse for it than murdering one’s entire family).
You know, it would be funny to imagine a word with knowledge being passed through some oracle by a so-called antiport, that is, you get a true, nonmalignant, relevant answer to your question about what happens at time X—but everybody forgets one and the same random thing until that moment, of unknown meta-ness:)
I’m not sure I understand the model you are proposing, can you elaborate with a concrete example? It might be interesting enough to come up with a short story about it.
I can’t really imagine information disappearing… Maybe something like, “I will answer if you taboo a certain notion until a certain time in the future, and I will not say more unless you agree. If you agree and defect, the answer will become false as soon as I can make this happen, and there will be no further transactions”?
Yeah, the involuntary (?) creepiness factor of some series shoot up for me too after coming in contact with LW. On the other side, I appreciated Person of Interest so much more...
Try ‘The tale of Guzman’s family’ in Ch. Maturin’s ‘Melmoth the Wanderer’. A bit like some stories by O’Henry, and with a happy end. Oddly modern language, considering. I found it incredibly moving and clear (although I cannot see how selling one’s soul to the devil is any worse for it than murdering one’s entire family).
You know, it would be funny to imagine a word with knowledge being passed through some oracle by a so-called antiport, that is, you get a true, nonmalignant, relevant answer to your question about what happens at time X—but everybody forgets one and the same random thing until that moment, of unknown meta-ness:)
I’m not sure I understand the model you are proposing, can you elaborate with a concrete example? It might be interesting enough to come up with a short story about it.
I can’t really imagine information disappearing… Maybe something like, “I will answer if you taboo a certain notion until a certain time in the future, and I will not say more unless you agree. If you agree and defect, the answer will become false as soon as I can make this happen, and there will be no further transactions”?
I think I can make this work :)