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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (6601)	1/27/1998 2:09:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) of 71178

That makes sense to me. Science fiction takes place outside of our own time and reality and thus isn't connected to a real historic event or person. It can deal more with ideas and generalities and principles than say-a specific situation like-communism vs. democracy. Too many of the old myths' symbols are not very relevant for our young people. Didn't George Lucas base Star Wars on the mythological hero/adventure/evil theme? (I think he and Campbell were friends and he got a lot of his myth ideas from him.) This kind of modern symbolism would be much more accessible to our times. You mention the need to know what we are in relation to the universe. I'm not familiar with Brin and so was uncertain whether the machines you refer to are without humanity in their self-awareness. With technology, we seem to be running the risk of losing ourselves in a world that more and more emphasizes community and group, and no longer respects the individual. I admit to struggling the last two days, feeling very odd and isolated because of the way I felt about the scandals. But for me, it didn't feel healthy or good to think and dwell on it. And boy, was I in the minority! I decided that rather than try to participate, I needed to just get away or post here on other things. And if that came across in any other way than just personal preference, so be it. For me, it was important to my own integrity, but I really didn't mean for it to be a judgment on others. And some of the stuff I'm sure was extremely funny and clever. Campbell talks about our inability to stop the momentum of history and how our job is to function as a human being, a person of "heart and humanity" within our own time. I think that's what many of us are struggling to do as we confront the world each day. (What is "direct connectedness"??)

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