A Vision
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A Vision Concerning “The Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything”
THE TEASER:
Some kind of very, vivid, very detailed display was hovering high over the bedside table. I decided it was a holographic calendar. It was a remarkably beautiful and well realized – not something you'd ever see at the price of this room.
A shifting seascape floated a few inches from the ceiling. In it, swimming tropical fish held little signs proclaiming the time. The time, according to these little tropical fish, was 4 AM, 183 years after the day I checked in.
Sure.
Then the holographic calendar floated down from the ceiling and disappeared into the bedside table, making a muffled surf noise. One of the fish hovered briefly, winked at me, then dived into the tabletop with a plop.
I took two deep breaths and hurriedly looked for my cell phone next to my wallet and keys. Under it, I discovered a glossy colorful sheet, about the size of a magazine cover. I hesitated; then I slid my phone aside and picked up the sheet. It was very thin, flexible, but unexpectedly heavy.
Brilliant glowing characters danced across the page in red, gold and silver - like one of those web ads ... but in very convincing 3 D.
A dancing title identified the sheet as my ‘G**Brochure’ complements of the ‘St. Adams Society’.
Below the title, there were quivering choices like INDEX; WEATHER; THE ANSWER to LIFE, the UNIVERSE and EVERYTHING; ROOM RATES; NEARBY RESTAURANTS; SUPER DISCOUNTS...
A ‘vision’ is normally something we 'moderns' tend to understood as a particularly vivid rendition of an insight. So go with that if you will. I have to note that we ‘moderns’ will not seem so modern in a couple hundred years. A few explanations were needed to unpack this vision – they were condensed from some of my longer discussions.
Introduction
A Prediction
The Physical & Non-Physical Reality Of Information
The Meaning of Emergence & The Emergence Of Meaning
Emerging Information Packets
The In*Formation Paradigm
The Logos &The Human Mind
THE VISION
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JBG
