The Paper Menagerie

“God created heaven, men created hell”

“If I say ‘love,’ I feel here.” She pointed to her lips. “If I say ‘ai,’ I feel here.” She put her hand over her heart

bulwark against the irresistible tide of time.

Time devours all.

We are now a race of cyborgs. We long ago began to spread our minds into the electronic realm, and it is no longer possible to squeeze all of ourselves back into our brains. The electronic copies of yourselves that you wanted to destroy are, in a literal sense, actually you.

Collectively, the bits made up a digital copy of him, literally. Was there anything that was a part of him that wasn’t also up there in the cloud, curated by Tilly? Wouldn’t unleashing a virus on that be like suicide, like murder?

“arrange the world’s information to ennoble the human race,”

I think you are ready for a state change.

The touch is electric

Tilly, that’s an inspired choice for a wake-up song