Chapter 75 13.9 Let go and win

According to the story Moses told, on the sixth day of creation, that is, at the end of that exciting creation event, God took some clay and made a small model in an almost joking manner, and put He puts it into a new world of his own creation.This God, Jehovah, is an indescribably all-powerful Creator.He creates his world simply by saying what he thinks.The rest of the work of creation can be done in his head, but this part takes a little work.This final hand-made model—this blinking, bewildered thing, this thing the Lord called "the man"—should be a little better than the rest of God's creation that week. little bit.

It will be a model of the great Lord himself.From a cybernetic point of view, this "man" is a simulacra of Jehovah himself. Because Yahweh is a creator, this model can also create by imitating his creativity.Because Yahweh has free will and love, this model that reflects him will also have free will and love.In this way, Yahweh endowed the model with a real creativity, a creativity of his own. Free will and creativity lead to an open and unlimited world.Anything is imaginable, anything is possible.This means that the human being can create both what is hated and what is loved. (Although Yahweh tried to teach him the ability to discern good from evil in the beginning of creation.)

Since Yahweh has jumped out of the three realms and is not in the five elements, it is not an easy task to make a model of himself but require that the model can only move in a limited time, space and matter.What's more, models are always imperfect. In order to carry on the cause of Moses, the human figure of Yahweh has wandered in the business of creation for thousands of years, enough to understand the connotation of life, existence and change.Some daring humanoids also harbored a lingering dream: to do what Yahweh had done, and to make a model of themselves too—a simulacra, something born from their own hands, a like Yahweh and Something that they themselves are free to innovate.

Now, some of Yahweh's creatures have begun collecting minerals from the earth to build their own models.Like Yahweh, they also gave their creation a name.However, due to the Tower of Babel curse on humanoids, this thing has many names: automaton, robot, golem, humanoid robot, miniature man, simulacra. The simulacra they create vary.Some species, such as computer viruses, are more like souls than entities; others exist in another space—virtual space; A frightening combination of the hyper-real. And the rest of the figures are bewildered by the dreams of these model builders.Certain curious onlookers will exclaim: How magnificent is the reenactment of Jehovah's incomparable creative activity!Others struggled with speculation about human nature.good question!Is creating our own simulacra a pure homage to complete Yahweh's creation?Or did it initiate the end of humanity with a most foolish audacity?

Is it pious or profane for models to build their own models? One thing is for sure: building your own models is by no means easy. Humanoids should also know that their models are also unlikely to be perfect.Nor could these imperfect creations be brought under the control of a "god".To truly create a creative creature, the creator must hand over the control to the created, just as Yahweh has handed over the control to human beings. To be God—at least a creative God—you have to relinquish control and embrace uncertainty.Absolute control is also absolute boredom.To give birth to something new, unexpected, and truly different—that is, something that really surprises itself—you have to give up your throne of dominance and make way for the mob at the bottom.

One of the great paradoxes in this game of the gods is this: To win, let go first.