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  I like to think (and
  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.

    -- Richard Brautigen


I love this reading of the poem. The images and soundtrack fit well, but the voice of Richard Brautigen himself is fantastic, very clear with that slight computer-generated, Stephen Hawking vibe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zlsCLukG9A

I just wish this poem and its reading were longer.


> watched over by machines of loving grace

In SF, that poem would be what Iain M. Banks wrote of in the 'Culture' books - sort of "communism is A.I. plus electricity" ...

From just the title, however, I was reminded of Jack Williamson's With Folded Hands - robots dutifully keeping humans from harm, by not allowing them to do anything.


Minor correction: It's Richard Brautigan.



It's not [1], though. All your search does it fix your misspelling:

    Showing results for "richard brautigan"
    Search instead for "richard brautigen"
[1] https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Brautigan


I apply the pragmatic maxim to spelling (and language in general and many other things).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatic_maxim


So you're an intentional idiot, how quaint.


I was going to comment how upset I was that the article about the films didn't credit the title to Brautigan's influence. Thanks for posting the poem.


Makes me think of Horizon: Zero Dawn.




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