Socrates once said a philosophical saying: "Know thyself." Why do we have identity anxiety? The bottom line is that there is a dislocation and deviation in self-cognition.
Although everything in the world has its own meaning and value, human beings still ask three philosophical questions: "Who am I? Where do I come from? Where do I go?" When human beings begin to think about this ultimate question, is it also Means having self-awareness?
In this episode of "Westworld", the receptionist Charlotte, due to the mutually exclusive reactions of her consciousness and body, has fallen into the predicament of self-perception impairment and even began to self-mutilate.
In fact, from the moment she woke up, she had already started to ask Demei who she was, her eyes were full of fear and anxiety about the unfamiliar environment.
"We all have our own roles to play", as Demei said when comforting Charlotte, all the efforts and sacrifices they are making now are for the one day they can truly be themselves.
In contrast, William, who appeared in the preview of the next episode, seems to have another character who doesn't know who he is about to go online...
Obviously, the third episode of the third season is a foreshadowing, and the plot and characters basically depend on guesswork. However, according to the consistent style characteristics of "Westworld", when the final suspense is revealed, especially when it comes to the details of the foreshadowing, it is estimated that many audiences will be amazed.
Who is Charlotte Hale?
Receptionist Charlotte's unstable situation in this episode is somewhat similar to the scene in the first season when Daddy Abernathy breaks down and blurts out Shakespeare's lines.
Some have speculated that there may be Abernathy's consciousness inside the receptionist Charlotte's body.
I think this conjecture can be ruled out, because Demei mentioned that she and Charlotte have no parents, which basically means that Abernathy is already cold in the park, and his consciousness ball may not have been destroyed. Demei brought it out.
There is also a sentence worth noting in detail, which is what Demei said to Charlotte, the receptionist: "You are a creature of beauty and strength."
It can be seen from this that the possibility of female receptionists is relatively high, because it seems that beauty is rarely used to describe men.
But there is another possibility, which is to understand this as hermaphroditism:
Female body + male consciousness = beauty and strength in one creation
According to the posture of Demei and Charlotte embracing on the bed, it can be guessed that the consciousness of the man may be Teddy's.
If the body is the consciousness of the female receptionist, Angela and Clementine can be excluded, and it is more likely that it is the doppelganger of Demei.
Because from the lines "You belong to me" and "No one knows you better than me, no one knows me better than you", it can be seen that Charlotte's consciousness and Demei have a relatively close relationship with each other. Also very understanding.
In addition to Teddy, the lover who meets this condition, it is Demei herself. I think the possibility of Demei is greater than that of Teddy.
Which five receptionists' awareness balls Demei took away has become the biggest suspense this season.
The only thing that can be determined so far is Bernard's consciousness ball. The owners of the other four consciousness balls have not yet been revealed:
One was placed in Charlotte's body, the other was used on the bodyguard man beside Liam, and the remaining two consciousness balls were not used yet.
Bernard's consciousness ball makes me a little confused, the color seems to be red and black, but at the end of last season, the five consciousness balls in the German sister's bag were all black, why did the color change before and after?
Demei arranges receptionist Charlotte Hale to go undercover, intending to take control of the entire Delos company.
However, things did not go well, and they found that Serak had already owned a majority stake in the company after years of operation.
Demei decided to let Charlotte convince the board that she first needed to meet an old friend, who was probably William.
Who is the real Charlotte Hale? Maybe we can't just judge her in black and white.
On the surface, she was a decisive company executive, but secretly she was providing information to Serac, planning to hand over the core secrets of the Delos company to the other party.
However, the cruel Charlotte Hale also showed a warm side.
When she was in danger that night on the Dark Night Tour, she recorded a video showing her love for her son Nathan.
The receptionist didn't understand Charlotte's inner feelings at first, and could only barely maintain a seemingly unnatural parent-child relationship. It was not until later that she gradually empathized with him and slowly lived like Charlotte.
"I remember what it's like to be myself, you're not the only predator here."
She solved the pedophile neatly and neatly. It can be seen that the fierce side of Charlotte's personality seems to have been thoroughly stimulated.
Conjectures about the behind-the-scenes
The behind-the-scenes boss, Ingrad Serak, had a data transaction with Delos as early as 20 years ago.
He was not satisfied with only mastering the data of some tourists in the park, so he used Charlotte as an undercover agent for his own benefit.
Serak not only eyed the personal data of all tourists, but also wanted to obtain the patent information of the Delos Company. He has become the largest shareholder through various operations over the years, and he is about to hostilely acquire the Delos Company.
Serak, the big guy, is very mysterious, basically checking the state of this person:
"He's like a black hole, leaving no trace online or elsewhere. Every record, every database, his existence has been wiped clean."
Serak disappears after finishing his conversation with Charlotte, and he may not be a real human being, but a virtual body image of the Rehoboam system.
Serac mentioned that besides Charlotte, there was another person who worked for him, and that person had told Serac an important piece of information: the decryption code of Delos' patent data was in Demei's head.
Not many people seem to know about this. Here I make a bold guess: Is it possible that it was Maeve or Bernard. After all, Bernard has lost part of his memory and may have forgotten what he met with Serac. Maeve is going back and forth in the "war zone" again and again, and it is not yet known to temporarily compromise in order to escape.
Caleb's fate
Caleb Nix was hunted down by the system for helping Demei, and Demei, who arrived at the scene in time, staged the scene of a beauty saving a hero.
It is worth mentioning that the implants inside Caleb's mouth are very expensive and belong to the first-class military equipment.
Caleb mentioned in the season's first episode that he intentionally closed the implants to keep the corners, because those corners were the only ones he could hold onto.
The scarier point is that when humans get this implant, they may be in a dangerous situation like Caleb.
Because someone else can activate the device and use a tablet to adjust body metrics, similar to how technicians on campus operate receptionists.
There were other noteworthy tech gadgets this season, like the 300 gigantic robots that Charlotte the receptionist got, that might come in handy in the future.
This episode basically confirms that Caleb is human and fleshes out the character's past. In addition to developing PTSD due to the death of a comrade-in-arms, the veteran had an unfortunate childhood when he was abandoned by his schizophrenic mother at the age of 8.
What is terrifying is that the Rehoboan system not only remembered the fact that Caleb was abandoned by his mother, but also completely recorded the conversation between him and the waiter at that time. It can be said that he did not give up almost every detail... …
Demei told Caleb the truth about the operation of the human world:
"Long before privacy laws, the founders of this machine fed everyone's raw data into it.
Every shopping, job search, doctor visit, mate choice, phone call and text message exchange, every aspect of human life has been recorded.
Everything is to create a mirror world of this world, to synthesize all human beings. "
As Demei said to Caleb: "It's not who you are, it's who they make you."
Everything is built on the basis of systematic big data, and the fate of every ordinary human being has already been arranged.
Before the emergence of the Rehoboan system, people at the bottom like Caleb might have a chance to stand out through their own hard work.
Now that the system is set up, no matter how hard he tries, he is destined to be just a construction worker. Because of his background, family, knowledge and experience, his future is basically determined.
If the system gives Caleb a chance, then he becomes an unknown variable, so in order for the society to function stably, the system does not risk investing in Caleb, thus ensuring a known and controllable outcome.
The Rehoboam system runs predictive algorithms that roughly calculate a person's most likely outcome.
Taking Caleb as an example, based on his own situation, the system speculates that he may come to the seaside to commit suicide within ten to twelve years.
This prediction is not groundless. Caleb was devastated after losing his comrade-in-arms. He came here at midnight to think about life. Maybe then he considered suicide to end the pain.
Caleb's performance surprised Demei, because with her knowledge of human beings, no one would choose to help her and would sacrifice her life to keep a secret.
A kind and ordinary person like Caleb is a type that Demei has hardly encountered before. Maybe he will change Demei's view of human beings.
Caleb believes that the appearance of Demei is the only real thing that has happened to him over the years, giving him the confidence and courage to continue.
Instead of giving up on yourself, you might as well give it a go, so you can decide who you want to be.
So he decided to help Demei start a revolution, by cutting off the power of the system, let the whole world see Rehoboam's true colors.
I don't know that Daodemei will eventually destroy the system and reach a reconciliation with humanity? Or will he eliminate Serak and use the Rehoboam system for his own use, so as to achieve the purpose of controlling humans?
No matter what kind of grievances there may be between receptionists and humans, they are essentially deprived of the right to choose and cannot truly be themselves: the receptionists in the park follow a fixed script, while human life is controlled by the artificial intelligence system. manipulation.
The cruelest ending is that when they wake up, no matter how hard they try, it will be difficult to get rid of their own destiny.
At that time, we may only be able to explain this tragic color in one sentence:
"Maybe, this is life..."
Analysis of the finale of the second season of "Westworld", let's sort out the timeline of the two seasons
"Westworld" S01E01: A world kidnapped by artificial intelligence (with a summary of the first two seasons)
"Westworld" S03E02: How can you be sure that what you see is the real world?
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