long term truths

[evasearchin]

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I particularly like the line on the AI, "Compassion" being the defining human factor. It surprises me that I feel it's still a good marker of AI being sentient. (This thought comes from watching Ex-Machina recently

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[baron_waste]

I remember reading how young professionals when they come home and wish to unwind, will do so by playing Old Time arcade video games like Frogger or Donkey Kong rather than the new cutting edge immersion hi-def-grfx offerings.  They do not seek complexity.  They have enough of that already.  Piloting a little 8-bit sprite around a 2D gameboard allows them to disengage their brains, so to speak.

“Unlocking 'The Cage'”

[baron_waste]

Did I ever show you this?  I thought it was interesting.

http://bbc.adactio.com/cult/st/original/cage.shtml

The key elements that signpost Star Trek in the minds of most TV viewers are missing from 'The Cage.'
Bones, Scotty, Sulu and Uhura are not on the ship. Jeffrey Hunter's Captain Pike is weary, introspective
and subdued, rather than swashbuckling, macho and hormonal. Most of all, the atmosphere of this Trek
is different: it's contemplative, edgy and strangely cold…

Even viewed today, the production values are impressive, on a par with 50s big budget sci-fi films such
as 'Forbidden Planet' (from which the episode borrows some elements of its style and storyline)…