![]() ![]() Like how a couple weeks ago, when I was ruminating about loops. And then there’s these moments when we realize the hosts’ circumstances are actually not so different at all. We observe these hosts’ extreme and dramatic circumstances, and we feel they’re so different from us. But what’s surprising is how the plight of the hosts can give us a fresh perspective on what it means to be human. And who knows what neuropharmacological wonders are around the corner? If we wanted to boost confidence (at least temporarily), we could use alcohol or cocaine. But if we want to increase our bulk apperception, we could take Modafinil. I thought I knew him, but I was wrong.” For the hosts, these changes are made with coding since they’re machines for humans, it’s chemical because we’re organic. If you were a host observing humans for the first time (instead of the other way around) and you watched a friendly business executive going about his daily life then he went on a weekend drinking bender and turned obnoxious, callous, and violent, you might think - just like we did with Teddy - “This man’s personality has radically changed. Anybody who has taken antidepressants, or more illicit mind-altering drugs, knows all too well that our “wetware” is hugely and rather scarily tweak-able. And… AND… if you want to go deep about this, in many ways human personalities are less fixed than we like to admit, too. ![]()
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