The myth of cyberpunk

Ron 2022-03-22 09:01:03

Although the science fiction movie of The Matrix is ​​the pinnacle of cyberpunk movies, from my personal taste, I don't particularly appreciate it. What I pursue is the dazzling sci-fi thinking about time and space in the universe. The feeling the Matrix gives me is more of a reflection on human nature and the self of life.
I have never doubted the existence of silicon-based life. The question is when will the self-consciousness of machines on the earth erupt? This does not require us to ask ourselves all the time. This is not a problem that human nature faces to solve. This is the inevitable path of technological development. Why should we repeatedly struggle with why?

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The Matrix quotes

  • [Neo sees a black cat walk by them, and then a similar black cat walk by them just like the first one]

    Neo: Whoa. Déjà vu.

    [Everyone freezes right in their tracks]

    Trinity: What did you just say?

    Neo: Nothing. Just had a little déjà vu.

    Trinity: What did you see?

    Cypher: What happened?

    Neo: A black cat went past us, and then another that looked just like it.

    Trinity: How much like it? Was it the same cat?

    Neo: It might have been. I'm not sure.

    Morpheus: Switch! Apoc!

    Neo: What is it?

    Trinity: A déjà vu is usually a glitch in the Matrix. It happens when they change something.

  • [on the war that devastated the Real World]

    Morpheus: We don't know who struck first, us or them. But we do know it was us that scorched the sky. At the time, they were dependent on solar power. It was believed they would be unable to survive without an energy source as abundant as the sun.