[Joseph Ward]
I accept with regret that
I have an infinite sum
of circle-centers
from which some three – sixty, snap
choices radiate
which exasperates the scope
of my attention to cope
and evaluate
every possibility’s
complete magnitude
of each step I take that helps,
or will forsake, my life’s aim
to tame the flame of
animalistic cravings
with humanity’s
employment of ahimsa.
And yet, these past reflections
that we’ve spent was meant
to ease away my trauma’s
effect on my flawed
judgement regarding Tina’s
dilemma. What I must see
is that she’s like me.
She, like I must abide by
principle over
her tangible attentions.
The three hundred and sixty
concrete tangibles
are calmly manageable
with application
of accurate principles.
She, like I, must abide more
reflection to gain
a more sane understanding
that all principles
clarify tangible acts
into codified, clear chunks
of abstract knowledge
that debunk the madness of
the mess of choices
that beset each of my steps
but are diminished quickly,
finished off, by the
guiding principle I’ve learned
to discern acute
relationships that equip
your cause-effect detection
of actions that are
consistent with the correct
principle that will
supplant all tangible acts
except the one that complies.
The application
of principles to the cause-
effect streams that are
deemed pertinent to your quest
best removes unwanted mess
by focusing more
on what is needed over
what one is wanting.
[Marlene]
Precisely, but then you must
contend with the subtlety
shown adequately
in the mathematical
principle of the
order of operations
in complex equations that,
if ignored, creates
a vortex of probable
grievous errors that
your quest can never afford.
History moved from atom
splitting forward toward
world wide proliferation
of nuclear death.
Then there’s the cause-effect stream
that can be gleaned easily
from the esteemed world
of computer advancements.
Nineteen-eighty-two
saw more than a few brand new
Commodore Sixty-fours sold
in retail stores with
a price which a great many
people could afford
to explore the power of
computing technology
increasing human
potential to crunch mega
amounts of data
and program that cheap machine
to follow an iron clad
routine to achieve
the programer’s desire
void any ardor.
Increased participation,
demanding more programing,
entices bright minds
to find more advanced uses
that introduces
more shattered barriers with
more blurred boundaries between
human consciousness
and technological bliss
of efficiently
calculating perfection
in the application of
tangible hard facts
from vast amounts of data
at inhuman speeds.
A I was born and adorned
with accolades to perform
beyond the human
capacity to prevail
with such a snail’s pace
in the race to solve the world’s
existential, swift demise.
But, to no surprise,
“organoid intelligence,”
or O I for short,
sports the savior’s illusion
to savor the fulfillment
and contentment of
the hero who zeros in
the hidden quick fix
that sticks forever in the
cause-effect chain that sets up
the next outstanding
technological gain for
human advancement.
Doctor Thomas Hartung has
already begun growing,
manipulating,
and testing brain organoids
that mimic living
brains to discover huge gains
in the campaign to heal sick
humans that suffer
from Alzheimer’s and other
debilitating
diseases that aggravate
peaceful living, but this is
just the beginning
of organoid conversion
of stem cell neurons
with a speck of computer
tech that’s able to compute
brain-like functioning.
From Commodore Sixty-fours
grew the potential,
probable, ‘living,’ androids.
That’s something we can’t avoid.
Creativity
and invention are hallmarks
of humanity.
However, when order of
operations doesn’t blend
properly the ill
fated consequences will
rend satisfaction
with severe unintended
consequences that may shear
hopefulness from well
intended human action
absurd to defend.
Cause-effect chains aren’t pop beads
to be popped and rearranged.
Cause-effect chains gain
strength with each new link that syncs
with the overall
flow like raindrops on brooks that
grow and go toward streams that beam
with more power that
gurgles and bubbles as it
hurtles over rocks
and large pebbles then, merging
into rivers surging with
strong currents bent on
flowing with more energy,
finally to reach
the sea which these first raindrops
could not see nor feel the spree.
Chinese alchemists
wished to formulate a great
extract of exact
proportion for promotion
of immortality but
the gist of their quest
was twisted to assist death
with their gunpowder.
Like the gentle drops of rain,
gunpowder became death’s reign
over innocent
children in school unable
to defend against
the rude rule of the A R
Fifteen’s stream of projectiles
that silenced their screams.
It seems that scientific
inventions may twist.
O I’s good intentions may,
like raindrops and gunpowder,
manifest less than
the best for humanity’s
quest for advancement
since technological gains
significantly out pace
those attained by the
sociological needs
that strain harmony.
Technology is the cart
before sociology’s
strong Percheron horse
that’s to pull, not push, workloads
of technology.
[Joseph Ward]
The horse before the cart is
old hat, outdated and could
be debated that
it’s meaningless ’cause farming
is now mechanized.
And, no surprise ! What’s this to
do with Tina’s dilemma ?!
[Marlene]
Precisely, well said.
You, Tina, meaninglessness
and humanity
rests in the shadow below
technology’s vast power
to shower us with
everything we need except
lasting harmony.
THINGS ring the Christmas bells that
swell with mechanized toys and
joys employed by those
who have while the have-nots
deploy tactics to
destroy the ill feeling of
harsh destitute poverty.
You know how Tina’s
family tried to survive
but could never thrive.
Why is it that we’ve spent time
to invent computers or
true android robots
with organoid life-like parts
but resist to start
the cause-effect chain that seeks
to restrain greed and the need
for material,
external rewards to score
higher self esteem?
[Joseph Ward]
There’s eight billion civilians
on Earth from small nations and
large ones with daughters
and sons in varied stations
harried by large girths
or favored with strong muscles,
well cut, for petite females,
dainty, or strong, tall
beauties all of which compete
to out hustle and
tussle for what is needed;
not to be superseded
by the conceited,
wealthy, well placed, elitists.
Then there are all of
the religions with diverse
dogmas, laws, rituals and
mantras dispersed with
doctrines of pigeonholed codes
of morality
exclusive within, but then,
alien to convictions
expressed by others.
In such a distressed, sacred
industry of hope
competing for followers,
how can the commoners not
engage in trade for
individuality,
not community?
Eight billion souls excited
to be united is just
complete lunacy.
Human animals are like
all corporations.
They are territorial.
[Marlene]
Well said; fine presentation.
You’ve accurately
fed me a good description
of humanity’s
current condition, but you
have failed to comprehend that
insanity’s not
what I intend to convey.
Suffice it to say
that Tina’s dilemma is
the potent kernel that is
the true internal
manifestation that tests
society’s quest
to tackle the external
demonstration of Tina’s
tough struggle to choose
the correct cause to effect
better solutions
to remove the dark fetters
that hamper her movement toward
the betterment of
her bleak living conditions.
Society’s in
the same predicament but
with a caveat that ought
to be understood.
Society is more than
one person choosing.