That World Inverted

Stunning…. 

Here’s hopefully a higher resolution version of the trailer, though i’m not sure it’s any better….

I thought this was a funny sign to see…

Thinking about it, it represents a deeper idea that people can die, bad people, good people, whoever…but ideas, abstract concepts, intangible things never die. They can be forgotten, lost, deconstructed, mislabeled, miscommunicated, etcetera. But they cannot die.

I was thinking about how in the past, our abstract data was relegated to the unreliable realms of memory, cave walls, animal hides, paper. Then the conjectures of future humans rummaging through the wreckage made inaccurate stabs at reasons, purposes, rites, facts, cultures.

Assuming (and it’s a big assumption) that our data storage only continues to get more sophisticated with increased capacity and security, it may be possible that we could have (in the future) a direct link to our past.

Can history or culture ever be continuous? Has it ever been? There have been long stretches but what of humanity has been at work uninterrupted? Perhaps the only true link to the past is the wizardry of the human body. Some say that hidden in our muscles lie memories, in our blood, our bones, our genes are keys that are unlocking everything these days.

But the body is a tangible thing and the body can definitely die. And in time, I’m sure we as a species will. But what is the immortal idea of humanity that will continue? What are the lessons, the accomplishments, the mysteries of the human body?

The answer is somewhere between Punk and Jerry Falwell, surely.