Posted on 02/03/2018 7:44:16 PM PST by Bender2
Altered Carbon
1-houe 2018 Sci-Fi Netflix Streaming Series
Set in a future where consciousness is digitized and stored, a prisoner returns to life in a new body and must solve a mind-bending murder to win his freedom.
Joel Kinnaman as Takeshi Kovacs
Martha Higareda as Kristin Ortega
Antonio Marziale as Isaac Bancroft
Kristin Lehman as Miriam Bancroft
Chris Conner as Poe
Dichen Lachman as Reileen Kawahara
Yeah, that awful Darin Morgan episode not only killed any thought of watching the final two episodes, but it makes me less likely to ever go back and rewatch the original nine seasons. It was that hateful.
I wouldn't be so sure. Like in this show or book; only the very rich, corporations, or governments can afford it. It would surprise me if one day our mind's can be digitized. Will it be the real "us" with our existing personality, prejudices, life experiences, and knowledge? Given enough time and advances in technology it might be possible to approximate it if not outright duplicate it.
Never say never as they say - I guess...
Imagine being able to put the knowledge and training of someone highly skilled like fighter pilots or SEAL Team members into a blank slate of a person; maybe even a clone of that same person grown from a sample of their DNA. Then the questions start like does that clone have a soul? If so; what happened to the original soul then?
Excellent series.
Regarding Higareda, I’m going with 5’3” given her tapered waistline.
Did you ever see Asphyx? Similar paradigm of the immortal mind.
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