Rémi Bigot từ Planadas, Tolima, Colombia

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11/05/2024

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2018-06-03 18:30

Osho Upanishad - Quyển 1 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Osho

In Which the Emphasis is on Androids Who Grasp the Twin Handles of Empathy "Deus sive substantia sive natura": Spinoza Just as in the animal kingdom there is a continuum between humans and animals, there is a continuum in this novel that incorporates humans, androids and electric animals, the main difference being that the latter two are artificial or human constructs. Here, the androids are organic and sentient. They are not purely electrical or mechanical robots infused with artificial intelligence. They are technically alive, and closer to humans than to electric sheep. The proximity to humans means that a test is required to differentiate them. The test that emerges is based on the capacity for empathy. Predatory animals have no empathy, because they would not eat, if they were concerned about the feelings of their prey. Thus, Dick posits that real humans must either be herbivores, or omnivores who can regulate or turn off their appetite for meat. Because the Nexus 6 androids are manufactured by a commercial entity, the aim is for their product to satisfy the test for human qualities. The more precise the tests become, the more sophisticated and human the androids become. What Nexus 6 cannot achieve, Nexus 7 will. The problem is that the androids can still be permitted or programmed to be predatory. The more they can escape detection, the greater the threat to mankind. Rick Deckard is a bounty hunter who is one of the few safeguards between humanity and predatory androids. His function is to identify and kill androids who have returned to Earth from Mars (because they have been deemed to be predatory). To perform his function, he has to overcome his own empathy, which he does on the basis that you can kill something that would be your killer, more or less out of actual or anticipatory self-defence. It becomes more problematical when the android has breasts, even if they are small, she is 18, the rest of her body is relatively childlike and she is seductive in her own right. The challenge for Deckard is whether to terminate or fornicate and, if both, in which order. Needless to say, he adopts a typical curious, but practical, male approach to his predicament. At first, Rachael doesn’t know she is an android, then, when detected by Deckard, like most cyber- or fantasy-women, she denies that she is either alive or human. Hence, like most cyber-relationships, the concern of the novel is to determine the point at which the inorganic becomes organic, and the intelligent becomes human. The novel’s drama lies in the grey area in the middle of the continuum. Despite the fact that they have sex, the question for Deckard is whether, in the absence of sufficient empathy, he must kill his sexual partner. This question arises on most weekend mornings around the world, usually in the mind of the woman (who as at the date of this review is rarely an android). Fortunately for guys, they are able to escape before the female fires a shot from her laser gun. It’s just that here, in the novel, the question is reversed, which means that a common or garden variety of male might procrastinate on the termination option in case he does not have evidence that would stand up to judicial scrutiny. Some reviews of the novel suggest that there is a flaw in the plot, in that Rachael appears to have empathy, even though she has learned that she is an android. My reading is that she is the first of a breed of android who is empathetic. She says she loves Deckard and, when he returns to his wife after killing all of her android friends, she kills his goat (in the absence of a rabbit). This is the vengeful act of a human, not an un-empathetic android. Hence, human constructs have reached the point where, if not “human”, they deserve to be treated as human, the test being whether a male would fornicate with them (although as at the date of this review, this test needs to be fine-tuned in some cities and rural environs). Dick is a profoundly philosophical writer whose novel cautions men to love their woman more than their goat and, if they don’t have a goat, to love them more than their sheep. If your lover is an android and you do the right thing by her, then hopefully she won’t dream of electric sheep (because this would be non-aspirational). Dick is equally concerned with the public and private aspects of modern life. Here, as in the case of Chandler and Hammett, the world of the private Dick is so imaginatively drawn that a film-maker of the profile of Ridley Scott would have enough content with which to imagine a totally different plot that could take place in the same world with the same characters (whether or not he had read the book or the treatment). There is very little resemblance between the novel and the film “Blade Runner”, which is one of my top five favourite films and, on a good day, could knock “Casablanca” from its #1 perch. No matter how much you might enjoy the director’s cut, the author’s cut is superlative, if not necessarily inferior or superior. The progeny of this novel is worth consuming in any and all of their manifestations. SOUNDTRACK: Vangelis - "Blade Runner" (Movie Theme) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VgNoK... Vangelis - "Memories of Green" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBkMVe... "She's a Replicant" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWPyRS... "Tears in the Rain" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU7Ga7... Rutger Hauer Discusses "Blade Runner" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7KYsE... Brian Eno & David Byrne - "Quran" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUh8Ck... White Zombie - "More Human Than Human" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0E0yn... Fear Factory - "Replica" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RJsRQ... "Moments Lost" - Music & Art inspired by "Blade Runner" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFCnJ-... http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/6/507... www.indiegogo.com/projects/moments-lost

2018-06-03 19:30

Ai Cập Huyền Bí - Cuộc Du Hành Tâm Linh Kỳ Thú Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

I loved this book very very much. Very quiet and simple and just perfect. Made me think more about what the good things in life are.

2018-06-03 20:30

Finish Toeic Reading Comprehension (Kèm CD) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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If you asked me how I liked this book, I would say that I liked it a lot. At several points, I was reading so fast just to find out what happened next that I'm pretty sure I skipped several pages. What I didn't like about the book is that when it ended, I didn't realize the end was near and suddenly thought "That's it!??" There was so much that could have been elaborated on, but wasn't... Though I enjoyed it, I'm wishing there was more. Maybe that was the author's intent, so I guess that's a good thing... I just have to imagine what happened when the story ended. And what happened after the stampede way back when...

2018-06-03 21:30

1000 Nụ Hôn Nồng Cháy Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Thẩm Thương My

good

2018-06-03 22:30

Easy To Cook - 40 Delicious Vietnamese Dishes Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

The best short-cut into the marvelous world of cosmology for the non-physicist.

2018-06-03 23:30

Truyện Tranh Next - Bước Kế Tiếp (Bản Đặc Biệt) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Trần Tùng Dương

Read This Review & More Like It On My Blog! A set of five entertaining, but wildly disparate short stories, Fourth Degree Freedom is a fun, short foray into the literary talents of Libby Heily. I know Libby, we're blogger friends, but I try to be unbiased with anything I review - and this delightful twenty-five page work is more than worth reading. It's short, easy and quite engrossing to read and full of imagination. Five different stories, ranging from the dystopic-feeling The Event to the fantasyish/paranormal-esque eponymous Fourth Degree Freedom, each were entirely fresh with a unique voice and feel. All were well-written, plotted, paced; I must admit I wished for more length with She Floats and The Event because they each had so intriguing a premise. The short story The Event in which the government sanctions a hunt for the elderly people by the young is one of the more creative avenues I've seen for a dystopic idea. It's both a chilling, and an interesting novella; my favorite of the collection. My second favorite, and a close tie for absolute favoite, was Fourth Degree Freedom. I LOVED this story, and this idea. Essentially, radiation in the atmosphere has caused "30% of births" to be stricken with some degree of monstrosity. Pepper and Leah have a son, David, a monster of the fourth degree. This was the story I contemplated most of the five; in a world full of monsters, it is the parents in this story that seem the most monstrous. The other three I've not waxed on specifically about (Thank You for Calling, The Last Six Miles, She Floats) are all unique and different tales. From a woman struggling to find hope and a better life to a woman determined to save her own life, each successive offers a glimpse into the very creative and fun mind of the author.

2018-06-04 00:30

Mai Em Vào Lớp 1 (Túi 8 Cuốn) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả

fun for everyone!

2018-06-04 01:30

Học Cách Dung Hoà Cuộc Sống Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Sharon Wegscheider - Cruse

This is one of my favorite books of all time. The narrator grows up in a homeless yet adventurous family, and eventually becomes a writer in New York. Her dad's an alcoholic, her mother is a neurotic gluton who can't bother taking care of her children, and her siblings bond together to overcome the challenges of childhood and adolescents. She tells the story without any self-pity, and each character evokes some sense of awe in the reader.

2018-06-04 02:30

Effortless English - Phản Xạ Tiếng Anh Tự Động Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

one of my most very special favorite books, hugely impactful on young-adult me. fairly certain i am not the only one.

2018-06-04 03:30

Truyện Ngắn Cực Hay Trung Quốc - Hương Tình Yêu 7 Dặm Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Quách Lâm

If you want to know what true evil looks like, read this book. I believe to be Steinbeck's darkest novel. As always, his portrayal of the human condition and spirit moves me and and above all makes me think.

Người đọc Rémi Bigot từ Planadas, Tolima, Colombia

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.