> > The continued emphasis on the "two pills
> > scene" on this list has moved me to point
> > out something that will only make sense to
> > people knowledgable about Joseph Campbell's
> > ideas about mythology and what he called
> > the "monomyth": the "two pills scene" is
> > a classic "threshold of the adventure"
> > scene. The decision Neo is presented with
> > in the scene was whether or not to refuse
> > the "call to adventure".
>
> Yeah, but that's not realistic. I'm trying to save the world and *I*
> never got a "threshold of the adventure" scene.
Our hero sits at the keyboard, the phosphors of his monitor showing
his young features in sharp contrast. Having just completed his work
"Coding a Transhuman AI", he contemplates for a long while the full
consequences of posting the document on a public site for all to see--
including those who might use the knowledge for evil ends. But if
he doesn't publish, will those who _should_ use this knowledge ever
come in contact with it? After deliberation, he decides to seal his
fate. He presses the <Enter> key and watches the moving bar on his
display track the progress of the upload. The adventure begins...
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lcrocker.html> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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