2nd blog post

          I feel that the reason that Bernard is different than the rest of this so called human society in "Brave New World" is that he believes what humanity truly means. In the article "The Year Man Becomes Immortal", Grossman explains the beliefs of Kurzweil in which that "we can scan our consciousnesses into computers and enter a virtual existence or swap our bodies for immortal robots and light out the edges or space as intergalactic godlings. Within a matter of centuries, human intelligence will have re-engineered and saturated all the matter in the universe.". I feel that the use of the words "Human Intelligence" should not be used in this quote for the reasons being that to be human is to be with in the "natural" human guidelines. Otherwise we as a society will have to create a whole new meaning of the word "humanity". To be paired with robot intelligence in order to aid ours, is to re-define what is "humanly" possible. In chapter six of "Brave New World" Bernard tries to show Linina what a relationship actually means, ""Id thought we'd be more... more together here- with nothing but the sea and moon. More together than in that crowd, or even in my rooms. "". Its almost like Bernard is the last remaining person who truly understands what humanity should be like. On the other hand Linina is the complete opposite, because she is so caught up in the new society. I feel that Bernard is being romantic, but at the same time I feel that he is on to something. Its hard to tell if we are in danger of the progression of technology. I feel that there would be many positives to gain, but at the same time I feel that we would be loosing our human (sense) just like the people in "Brave New World" did. They eliminated their human ability to be unique and different from one another, which could happen to our society if were not careful.