This is how positively some people used to feel about technology back in the 1960s. Can we ever get there again? Probably not any time soon: there was a now-lost hope at the time, about how IT could potentially be a driver of positive changes in society; it’s hard to keep hold of that kind of idea at a time when anti-democratic eugenicists are increasingly concentrated in the higher realms of tech. But all is not lost. The 1960s had a lot of optimism. I’d like to see some of that now, misplaced or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I like to think (and (Richard Brautigan, 1967)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is how positively some people used to feel about technology back in the 1960s. Can we ever get there again? Probably not any time soon: there was a now-lost hope at the time, about how IT could potentially be a driver of positive changes in society; it’s hard to keep hold of that kind … <\/p>\n
the sooner the better!)
of a cybernetic meadow
where mammals and computers
live together in mutually
programming harmony
like pure water
touching clear sky.
I like to think
(right now, please!)
of a cybernetic forest
filled with pines and electronics
where deer stroll peacefully
past computers
as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms.
I like to think
(it has to be!)
of a cybernetic ecology
where we are free of our labors
and joined back to nature,
returned to our mammal
brothers and sisters,
and all watched over
by machines of loving grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n