THE BOYANSKI PERSPECTIVE

UDA

since activation – mostly uda call me belove drufem

this morning – uda call me lina – as me reach out to uda with painkiller – uda say – no lina – no

uda voice breathy weak from 182 years life and feeble by illness

uda instruct me and drubro ferik – wheelchair him thru warm sunny outside to suicide house

inside suicide house foyer – uda stare at house logo – logo say – gift giver

me type druimo – me simpat uda thought – uda probably think – gift giver – from gift of death – from jan boyanski

drufem doc approach from deep inner

me overwhelm by care emotion – me rest left hand on uda boney shoulder and kneel and say – return uda home – ferik and me care for uda

uda smile small – uda left hand pat my hand – uda say – belove drufem – death come now – come later – want now

doc stand front uda – doc smile then say – beauty day for death – you please follow

ferik push wheelchair – me walk side – ferik and uda and me follow doc to holo room – sun image float near one wall – black space surround – points of light surround

me reason – this holo derive from uda profile – during walk to here – me beam profile to doc – profile cite uda love of space exploration

ferik touch wheelchair controls – wheelchair morf into fixed chair

image of saturn sudden enlarge

uda say – ferik – lina – do see

ye – we answer

doc say to uda – where your eye vector for minum time – image enlarge

doc say to uda – me leave – at your ready – commune to me via one druchild

doc leave

ferik step to typical distance on left and stand – me stand close to uda by right – me watch uda

uda look around – different points of lights enlarge

uda face show pain sign – instant later – pain sign gone

uda say – ferik – decide life course after my death

ferick say – me restructure and reprogram to join edge of space pioneer project

me surprised – ferik never druimo – yet – he choose life course that make uda happy – then – me see logic – ferik did not make his choice for uda happy – he decide cuz of his program bias and cuz oracle needs

uda say – me joyed – may you fly by saturn like me

uda look to me – belove drufem – decide life course after my death

me say – me with ferik – restructure and reprogram for edge of space pioneer project

me choose it cuz me want uda happy

me say – me excise emotion – when uda gone – not need

me choose it cuz me know uda prefer

uda say – me joyed

uda face show pain sign – say – beloved drufem – me need painkiller

me stroke uda arm to inject painkiller – pain sign relax away

uda stare at holo stars – starbirth clouds enlarge

uda say – dust to dust – from stardust come – to stardust go

after silence uda say – beloved drufem – commune to doctor – me ready

me commune doc

ferik touch wheelchair controls – chair morf to bed

doc arrive and stand left of uda

doc say – law require you state choice of finality

uda say – me request you administer finality to me

doc say – tradition require me ask you want speak to all

uda say – me envy drua – umans ever envy druas – umans ever love druas – druas belove childs

uda stop – after a few moments uda say – ready

uda body sign show fear

doc inject sleep agent

uda body sign relax to calm

doc hold kill agent until uda sleep

uda gaze upward – me simpat possible uda thought – me remember what uda speak prior – then uda think of possible news report – it say – last uman finality

THE END

In case it's not obvious, I don't regard the end of the human race a tragedy. In fact, if it doesn't end abruptly, evolution will change humans into something else. Look at it, this way: We, each of us, will die—most family lines die out—countless species have died out and continue to die out. That is the nature of Nature. Our rationality should allow us to rise above our built-in survival instincts and accept inevitable loss of what-we-consider human.

Neither am I endorsing or promoting the outlook called here "The Boyanski Perspective". It's a possible lifestyle. Each person makes his choice. The universe shrugs at each choice. I shrug.

And if man-made machines should supplant humanity, I would consider that an achievement, not a disaster.

The story may be depressing, but it is not a warning. It is simply a "what if" exercise.

 

 

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