10-12-2009, 04:15 PM
The ability to read thoughts and emotions (if it is ever feasible and accurate?) is mind-numbingly dangerous, as soon or later it will be spun off into various corporations who can use it to test employees and potential employees.
We must pray it remains in the realm of science fiction as mankind will be truly Godlike with such a tool. Imagine the state of the world under such such conditions. The word "fuck up" doesn't even come close.
We must pray it remains in the realm of science fiction as mankind will be truly Godlike with such a tool. Imagine the state of the world under such such conditions. The word "fuck up" doesn't even come close.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14