unᴠᴇɪlɪng thᴇ ᴇnɪgᴍa: a cʀɪtɪcal ʀᴇᴠɪᴇw ᴏf 'ᴏncᴇ huᴍan, ʏᴏu aʀᴇ nᴏt thᴇ ᴏwnᴇʀ'

ɪs ᴏncᴇ huᴍan: ʏᴏu aʀᴇ nᴏt thᴇ ᴏwnᴇʀ wᴏʀth thᴇ hʏpᴇ? lᴇt’s fɪnd ᴏut ᴏncᴇ huᴍan: ʏᴏu aʀᴇ nᴏt thᴇ ᴏwnᴇʀ, ɪs a scɪ-fɪ nᴏᴠᴇl ᴇxplᴏʀɪng thᴇ cᴏᴍplᴇxɪtɪᴇs ᴏf huᴍanɪtʏ and tᴇchnᴏlᴏgʏ. whɪlᴇ ɪt dᴇlɪᴠᴇʀs a cᴏᴍpᴇllɪng pʀᴇᴍɪsᴇ and thᴏught-pʀᴏᴠᴏᴋɪng quᴇstɪᴏns aʙᴏut thᴇ natuʀᴇ ᴏf cᴏnscɪᴏusnᴇss, ɪts ᴇxᴇcutɪᴏn falls shᴏʀt. thᴇ pacɪng ɪs slᴏw, thᴇ chaʀactᴇʀs lacᴋ dᴇpth, and thᴇ ʀᴇsᴏlutɪᴏn fᴇᴇls ʀushᴇd. whɪlᴇ ɪt has ɪts ᴍᴏᴍᴇnts ᴏf ʙʀɪllɪancᴇ, ɪt ultɪᴍatᴇlʏ stʀugglᴇs tᴏ lɪᴠᴇ up tᴏ ɪts captɪᴠatɪng cᴏncᴇpt, lᴇaᴠɪng ʀᴇadᴇʀs wɪth a sᴇnsᴇ ᴏf unfulfɪllᴇd pᴏtᴇntɪal....

May 4, 2024 · 1 min · 88 words · Joseph Franco