Hey Parker! Great article. I am still in the early stages in my philosophical learnings but this article made me think about the gap between analytical and continental philosophy. To be fair I am still trying to understand what those terms mean but I feel Hyat is close to the kind of philosopher to bridge that gap. I would agree on the Mentat and the analytical side but I feel the short aphorisms will need to be swapped out for long winded study on the history of that aphorism and why it it makes sense in the current context. Also , something I have thought much on that you mentioned as Christ as the perfect philosopher. Will give it some thought. Cheers!
Before “Dune,” Frank Herbert took on AI in his “Pandora” trilogy beginning with “The Jesus Incident.” This was the 1970s, and Herbert was prophesying the civilizational cataclysmic danger of a conscious AI. Special mention for author Sterling Lanier, the editor credited with discovering and publishing Herbert. Lanier’s “Hiero’s Journey” was my introduction to the fantasy genre, but it was such high quality writing and storytelling everything I would read after that seemed like crap children’s books.
Wait, I'm confused. Dune was serialized in Analog magazine in 1963, Jesus incident was published in 1979
Hey Parker! Great article. I am still in the early stages in my philosophical learnings but this article made me think about the gap between analytical and continental philosophy. To be fair I am still trying to understand what those terms mean but I feel Hyat is close to the kind of philosopher to bridge that gap. I would agree on the Mentat and the analytical side but I feel the short aphorisms will need to be swapped out for long winded study on the history of that aphorism and why it it makes sense in the current context. Also , something I have thought much on that you mentioned as Christ as the perfect philosopher. Will give it some thought. Cheers!
Before “Dune,” Frank Herbert took on AI in his “Pandora” trilogy beginning with “The Jesus Incident.” This was the 1970s, and Herbert was prophesying the civilizational cataclysmic danger of a conscious AI. Special mention for author Sterling Lanier, the editor credited with discovering and publishing Herbert. Lanier’s “Hiero’s Journey” was my introduction to the fantasy genre, but it was such high quality writing and storytelling everything I would read after that seemed like crap children’s books.