That's an interesting, chilling tale Mark. Makes me think of two things: one fiction, the other art. The fiction is Stanislaw Lem's Peace on Earth in which the moon is inhabited by robots sent there years previous to fight earth wars without killing any humans. But its been a long time, with the moon off limits, and nobody knows how the tech has evolved. Astronaut Ijon Tichy was sent to take a look but in the process the right and half lobes of his brain were severed and only one half can remeber what happens. The tale is told from the point of view of the half that's in the dark. The art is Bombs Which Take Pictures by Harun Farocki. He seems to think that the power structures of technology (such as surveillance and imaging unwitting subjects) might eventually replace genocide. I disagree, but it's interesting to contemplate.
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- sally mckay 2-27-2004 3:14 am