CMNS 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hallucination, Semiotics
17 Oct 2016
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Important than the actual plot in some ways. Dystopian view of the future of robots, etc. Sense of the future in metropolis disaster that occurs. Hallucination machine is swallowing people, eating them alive, maiming, killing, dominating domination of all things by technological means in the pursuit of profit no moral compass, no ethical foundation. Light and airy in the city but plant in what sustains the city is dark. Where does humanity end and technology begin: blade runner, metropolis, technology so integrated into daily routine it does not get questioned anymore. Second world war shifted the world in a not so great way millions in one technological moment. Instilling fear and dread = technology of war. Concern for the future of humanity developed in ww2: auschwitz concentration camps - technology domination, hiroshima and nagasaki atomic bombs murder of millions upon. Reality tv and ads not real.
