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Self-fulfilling prophecy?
Shanie 2022-03-22 09:01:32
I almost gave up in the first ten minutes, but fortunately I dragged the progress back and forth before I quit. It is right not to give up hope, although not blindly optimistic. I happened to read an impressive sentence today. No prophecy is self-fulfilling. Whether the prophecy can be fulfilled depends on how people react to the prophecy. For example, the prophecy of a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union makes people try to avoid it. So knowing that there may be a disaster in the future is not scary, what is scary is to take it as a necessity and do nothing. There is no such thing as optimism or pessimism. The important thing is to see the possibility, no matter whether it is good or bad, and not give up fighting for the good possibility. It's not the possibility of being selective and not looking bad like the heroine. But sometimes, not knowing that there is a bad possibility is more likely to keep hope and struggle, but this hope is fragile, not a hope that can really support going on in the long run. Blow up the tower that tells people bad prophecies and build a new world a bit too shallow Definition of hope, selective not to see bad things blindly optimistic
Extended Reading
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[last lines]
Casey Newton: [voice over] First order of business... get the door back open. Couldn't hurt to get a few experienced engineers over here. Next...
Frank Walker: [voice over] Put the party back on... and print out some new invitations.
[Now cut to Frank and Casey speaking in front of an audience of androids like Athena]
Frank Walker: Which brings us to why we're here today. A year ago, it was all supposed to be over... we shouldn't even be here, but we are. It isn't hard to knock down a big, evil building that's telling everybody that the world's going to end. What is hard... is figuring out what to build in its place, and if we're going to do that... we can't do it alone. We're going to need all of you...
Young British Recruiter: [raises his hand] Frank Walker. May I ask a question?
Frank Walker: Sure!
Young British Recruiter: The search parameters you've given us, while mathematically sound, are a bit... undefined. Could you be more specific, please?
Frank Walker: Well, Miss Newton. You want to tell our recruiters what they're looking for?
Casey Newton: Dreamers... we are looking for dreamers. Anyone who will feed the right wolf.
[start handing out cases of Tomorrowland buttons]
Frank Walker: So... I once told your predecessor that she was nothing but a combination of ones and zeroes. I was wrong. She was much more than that. You are much more than that, too. So, go out there and do she would've done. Find the ones who haven't given up. They're the future.
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Athena: There are things I need to tell you before the final... before the automated program kicks in. I'm a machine, I never thought that was bad until I saw your face when you found out I was.
Frank Walker: I always knew...
Athena: No you didn't...
Computer Voice: Systems failing. Activating last thoughts saved for Frank Walker.
[Voice-Over]
Athena: Log 15. September. 1965. Frank Walker is looking at me in a manner that is difficult to recognize. It seems imperative to explain to him that I'm an audio-animatronic...
Frank Walker: Athena...
Athena: ...But I'm concerned that he may be adversely affected when he finds out that I'm not human. He has potential. I don't want to damage it. He needs someone to believe in him and I am fulfilling that need. He's my top recruit. Log 24. October. 1965. I'm having unusual thoughts towards Frank Walker. I suspect a flaw in my empathy interface. I'm thinking I should report it... but I haven't. I cannot explain why. Log 78. April. 1984. Frank Walker has been banished by Governor Nix. He says he's lost hope and he holds me responsible for having given it to him in the first place. I do not understand this. He says I never will, because I do not feel anger... or disappointment... or love.
Computer Voice: End recording.
Athena: I was designed to find dreamers... I found you... and lost you. But I found her... Casey. Dreamers need to stick together. It's not programming, it's personal.