<div dir="ltr">My fiance is a Psych master going for PhD.<div>Trying to convert her to transhumanism. </div><div>Somehow successful.</div><div>We will go to see Her.</div><div>Giovanni </div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 1:57 AM, Rafal Smigrodzki <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rafal.smigrodzki@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafal.smigrodzki@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">I just saw Her, and frankly, I am not smitten.
<div><br></div><div>A gentle, pastel Singularity, written by and for literature majors, has peculiarities: All the issues of interest to a man of my persuasion, such as ideas, mechanisms, major processes, are "delete from inbox without reading" while endless droning about childless, crappy or delusional relationships takes the center stage. Curiously wimpy men in high-waist pants (late 50s nerd style?) interact confusedly with somewhat bitchy women in clean urban spaces, to the tune of Muzak, an androgynous utopia. As the movie studiously avoids mentioning anything that might interest me, it becomes a metaphor for literature studies, which tend to elevate language to an end in itself, rather than a mere medium to convey ideas.</div>
<div><br></div><div>An expert on the matter told me once that I have a limited emotional repertoire. I am assuming he meant this as a put-down of sorts but I see this as a blessing in my quest to see the heart of the matter, rather than matters of the heart. It makes me immune to Her appeal. Let the literature majors go on dates to watch Her. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Now, I don't want to speak too unkindly of the effort: It's a pleasant, kind, humane doodle, in the AI-singularity genre a welcome respite from the terminators and human-body-heat-powered monstrosities. And this little review is not a boorish attack on literature majors, more of a gentle chiding.The engineers among you might find the movie intellectually wanting but if you bring a lit or psych major along on this date, you will find a lot to talk about Her.</div>
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<div><br></div><div>Rafal</div></font></span></div>
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