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Colors are a world of their own. They express emotions, feelings, thoughts, and can promote/inhibit action and particular behaviors. Scientifically, colors that we see are due the various wavelengths of light; they are subtle energies in their own.
I am glad I read the Moore's Law article first before diving into this essay because I was thinking Murphy's Law (haha) - totally different! I was not aware of this law before reading the article, but I was aware of the escalating reality of chips/processors/computers getting smaller and faster due to my own observations. Will we end up with chips inside our body? Will we turn into computer humans like Altered Carbon or Ghost in a Shell?
Moore's law definitely has commonality with our current economic capitalistic mindset with exponential growth. I believe that it is impossible to keep growing infinitely on the economic level because our planet cannot handle the load of waste, resource extraction, and consumerism. The system will crash. But if we were to develop more "sustainable" (I dislike this term now since everything always changes) rather regenerative systems, then we can keep increasing our efficiency to better everyone, hopefully (that's the ideals). Although these types of mindsets are present in many indigenous societies today, but are lost in mainstream due to human nature's flaws and errors in thinking. Now, we are killing most of those communities around the world in the name of oil, resources, and money.
I am glad I read the Moore's Law article first before diving into this essay because I was thinking Murphy's Law (haha) - totally different! I was not aware of this law before reading the article, but I was aware of the escalating reality of chips/processors/computers getting smaller and faster due to my own observations. Will we end up with chips inside our body? Will we turn into computer humans like Altered Carbon or Ghost in a Shell?
Moore's law definitely has commonality with our current economic capitalistic mindset with exponential growth. I believe that it is impossible to keep growing infinitely on the economic level because our planet cannot handle the load of waste, resource extraction, and consumerism. The system will crash. But if we were to develop more "sustainable" (I dislike this term now since everything always changes) rather regenerative systems, then we can keep increasing our efficiency to better everyone, hopefully (that's the ideals). Although these types of mindsets are present in many indigenous societies today, but are lost in mainstream due to human nature's flaws and errors in thinking. Now, we are killing most of those communities around the world in the name of oil, resources, and money.
Will computers and the internet eventually crash? Can chips keep getting smaller and smaller until they are the size of atoms? Will we just be able evolve our brains and body into a computer like self as mentioned above? Will we go back to the stone age? Probably not. We have AI now, so that's the next evolution.
Will all humanity eventually be able to access the "Akashic Records" and just know what we know forever? Is that kind of like intuition? I believe in reincarnation, that we all possess past lives, and that we can access our life learnings from these previous experiences...but then when we die and get reborn, we are supposed to forget it all and start again. For those enlightened folks (so says Eastern Philsophy), it is possible to grasp all lives in this one. Is this what will happen to our species where all information and connection will crash, turn into chaos, and then we start all over again or will we remember and learn from our mistakes/failures in the name of progress and efficiency? Will human consciousness be able to continue on with all the data they have gathered to keep going toward something? Or will it plateau at one point? I look at evolution seeing that everything is always changing, so who knows....
Will all humanity eventually be able to access the "Akashic Records" and just know what we know forever? Is that kind of like intuition? I believe in reincarnation, that we all possess past lives, and that we can access our life learnings from these previous experiences...but then when we die and get reborn, we are supposed to forget it all and start again. For those enlightened folks (so says Eastern Philsophy), it is possible to grasp all lives in this one. Is this what will happen to our species where all information and connection will crash, turn into chaos, and then we start all over again or will we remember and learn from our mistakes/failures in the name of progress and efficiency? Will human consciousness be able to continue on with all the data they have gathered to keep going toward something? Or will it plateau at one point? I look at evolution seeing that everything is always changing, so who knows....
The fictional Babel Fish from HG2G is a translation device that converts any language into another, usually the primary language of the speaker or another language translation for communication. This concept has been recently developed into an actual technology today with many software systems and apps.
From my own personal experience of traveling the world, I am well aware of the challenges posed with language differences/barriers. Although I had a background in Spanish, when I got my purse stolen in Ecuador (along with my iphone and passport), I was a mess and could barely handle communicating the situation to the local police. All I remember is saying over and over again: "Me robaron", which translates into "they robbed me". I knew enough Spanish to get by for almost a year of backpacking. I was fortunate to find someone who spoke english to help me through the process and lend me money to go to the Consulate to get a new passport. But what if I didn't have anyone to translate for me?
This also makes me think about all the language differences when I lived in India. Many people speak English there due British colonialism and even most of the schools teach subjects in English, but still it is a big country with many different language other than Hindi. When my former husband and I lived in the South, he couldn't even communicate (as a trilingualist) because they all spoke either Tamil or another dialect common in the region; we tried learning French with Duolingo since Pondicherry was a French colony, but pronunciation was challenging and we gave up and ended up moving. There are so many times I wish I had a Babel Fish software programs when my Indian family spoke Punjabi, particularly when they were arguing. I never knew what they were saying and I definitely know they talked negative stuff about me when I was there right in front of them.
From my own personal experience of traveling the world, I am well aware of the challenges posed with language differences/barriers. Although I had a background in Spanish, when I got my purse stolen in Ecuador (along with my iphone and passport), I was a mess and could barely handle communicating the situation to the local police. All I remember is saying over and over again: "Me robaron", which translates into "they robbed me". I knew enough Spanish to get by for almost a year of backpacking. I was fortunate to find someone who spoke english to help me through the process and lend me money to go to the Consulate to get a new passport. But what if I didn't have anyone to translate for me?
This also makes me think about all the language differences when I lived in India. Many people speak English there due British colonialism and even most of the schools teach subjects in English, but still it is a big country with many different language other than Hindi. When my former husband and I lived in the South, he couldn't even communicate (as a trilingualist) because they all spoke either Tamil or another dialect common in the region; we tried learning French with Duolingo since Pondicherry was a French colony, but pronunciation was challenging and we gave up and ended up moving. There are so many times I wish I had a Babel Fish software programs when my Indian family spoke Punjabi, particularly when they were arguing. I never knew what they were saying and I definitely know they talked negative stuff about me when I was there right in front of them.
Now, with the ease of translating languages in real time, it takes away a lot of these challenges (although it has its drawbacks with failing to learn a new language. With the dying of many languages around the world with English prominence, aspects of cultures and knowledge are forever lost. I studied the impacts of language loss when I was living in Australia. It makes me think that a person really doesn't have an idea of a culture unless they know the language. Would I have been able to understand my Indian family even if I knew the language?
Still, as an autistic person with our own type of communication differences that differs from allistics (non-autistic people), I still have a lot of communication challenges particularly with being misunderstood even if I were to speak the same language. I am very direct and do not lie/manipulate, which often takes people off guard. People often think I am trying to persuade or manipulate, but that is not true. My intentions are as clear as the words that come out of my mouth. I wish they had a Babel Fish for translating my communication style for neurotypicals to prevent conflict and misunderstandings.
In regards to content creators, I assume this type of translation services be connected to the websites/designs/creations we make: adding subtitles/CC to videos or having our website content translate into other languages with these softwares. This I see as a positive influence as we can reach more people with the information/data we want to share and communicate, which is most often a great thing unless it's false and propaganda. But as an ethical, honest, universal creator that is not a problem for me. I do appreciate just the ability of social media to share autistic lived experience hoping this may decrease the misinterpretations of autistic behavior and communication style.
Still, as an autistic person with our own type of communication differences that differs from allistics (non-autistic people), I still have a lot of communication challenges particularly with being misunderstood even if I were to speak the same language. I am very direct and do not lie/manipulate, which often takes people off guard. People often think I am trying to persuade or manipulate, but that is not true. My intentions are as clear as the words that come out of my mouth. I wish they had a Babel Fish for translating my communication style for neurotypicals to prevent conflict and misunderstandings.
In regards to content creators, I assume this type of translation services be connected to the websites/designs/creations we make: adding subtitles/CC to videos or having our website content translate into other languages with these softwares. This I see as a positive influence as we can reach more people with the information/data we want to share and communicate, which is most often a great thing unless it's false and propaganda. But as an ethical, honest, universal creator that is not a problem for me. I do appreciate just the ability of social media to share autistic lived experience hoping this may decrease the misinterpretations of autistic behavior and communication style.