Very moving. In fact, it seems strange to talk about such experimental works that are philosophical and technically obsessed. The hard part of hard sci-fi is beyond my cognition. What I can read is that it uses hard things to wrap very soft things. Stuff (you can tell by listening to the OP).
The subject is the subject, and the center is very clear. Wired lain, do polysemy interpretation, the lie of the connection, the Lingyin of the connection, the Lingyin bound by the line. The first few episodes were very Kafkaesque when I first entered, and the most vivid thing was alienation, a very cold feeling, alienated scenes and human relationships, and the boundaries between people and things were blurred. At first glance, in the postmodern context, this kind of alienation is actually a very real social situation, so I have never suspected "falsehood" at all. I just feel that this human being named Lingyin is out of place in such a world, and there is a sense of alienation. . Of course, this is also a common psychological situation in the real world today. Only this question can be asked: If it is common for connections to be unselectable, what are the problems that follow?
But as Lingyin explores her self-awareness, the question changes. "Other" Lingyin keeps appearing, stirring up the "real life" she knows, driving her to connect and explore. The collective unconsciousness begins to appear in the middle section. During the repeated questioning and self-questioning of the classic "Who am I?" Now: To what extent is her perception of real life real? At this time, the alienation relationships in the past all point to a hint that Lingyin's human identity is in doubt, and the boundary between human and non-human is blurred.
The mind cannot stand an organic body, but there can be no life and health without a minimum organism. Life is non-organic, and the relation to the organism is that the house is built to escape from it. The new problem is the mind-body dichotomy. "Where is the real me? Does the real me exist?" Before the fusion is completed, multiple Lingyin can actually be regarded as two Lingyin, one is the software Lingyin connecting the world, which is a common observation Others, like Alice saying "the real world doesn't need you", means you are a being in another world, don't get involved on this side. The other is Lingyin who has a body on the human side, an individual practitioner, who can be emotionally moved and has emotional power (shout out that I am the real me, I am here, I am real, don’t leave me alone) people). With the fusion of the two Lingyin (that is, the process of individual Lingyin revealing their own identity), the boundaries between the connected world and the real world are blurred. The phenomenon that used to only accidentally penetrated into one side and the other side is now more frequent. The two worlds are becoming one.
After the identity was revealed in the later period, the problem of "memory" began to appear. Faced with the memory that can be changed and erased at any time, Lingyin's problem is how to deal with it and how to continue to exist? The problem with the "false gods" she turned to is the old-fashioned theory of evolution, which regards the wired world as a superior directory of the real world, and is completely biased towards the end of the wired world (that is, the incarnation), thinking that she is the god at the top of the evolutionary chain . This kind of argument was also easily dispelled by Human Lingyin: Who gave the rights? Technology hasn't developed to this day you can't do anything.
This confrontation is very interesting, the female union of flesh-chosen human beings (which they embrace) defeating the patriarchal male false gods. The "false god" thinks that if he likes this girl, he will connect with her, but the human Reine understands: she is my friend, and I like her, even if there is no connection between us. Alice's actions intensified this resistance: if there is no need for the body, why does it need to be touched? Why do you miss the body temperature you touch and your pounding heartbeat? Why hug?
Back to the memory, after many memory erasures and the ultimate memory reset, Lingyin seems to be completely integrated, and as an individual Lingyin disappears in daily life: what is not in memory is what did not happen, what is not in memory people who don't exist. However, the physical memory still remains, that is, the traces of the memory still remain on the people around him, such as Alice wanting to send an email, Taro's computer terminal flashed farewell. Lingyin, who should have easily become a god and become a universal observer, the last remaining individual is crying sadly. Although she is constantly persuaded, she still feels sad for erasing her existence in the real world. Very nostalgic but unable to exist in the meantime, a state of loneliness to the end. Only at this time did I understand the meaning of OP (off-topic: it's really nice, I've been listening to it for several days).
Although it is a hard science fiction, the background color is still very simple and even old human feelings. As a human side, Lingyin is said to be an immature person, wearing one-piece pajamas and a plush hat, the whole person looks like Staying at a very young stage, unable to accurately express his feelings, he also holds the kind of small simple feelings for the people around him, which is very human and even naive. Every time Lingyin of Wired World appears, she will feature close-up of her ear wire and mature demeanor. The re-encounter with Alice at the end is the proof of the true fusion of the two ringtones. She not only has the universality and transcendence as an observer, but also retains the innocent appearance and nostalgic memory of her partner. Although there is no human emotion to be seen on the face.
Even if I said that it will be everywhere, I am not surpassing enough. I still miss Lingyin very much. The crying, emotional, and simple feeling Lingyin is so integrated, so lonely. Can't see either.
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