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=== Free will === | === Free will === | ||
In an interview with [https://www.denofgeek.com Den of Geek], | In an interview with [https://www.denofgeek.com Den of Geek], director [[wikipedia:David S.F. Wilson|David S.F. Wilson]] mentioned [[wikipedia:Free will in theology|free will]] as being one of the main underlying themes of the movie: | ||
{{Quote|text=Transhumanism, which is basically the boundary between who we are biologically and technology, is just evaporating. What happens to us? What happens to us when the technological advances exceed our biological ones? When you can buy a stronger arm or a chip in your head that makes you more intelligent, what happens when those things require insane amounts of effort and dedication to become faster or stronger? Or the biological birthright of being intelligent, what happens when you just pay for that? What does that do to us as a species in terms of a class system? | {{Quote|text=Transhumanism, which is basically the boundary between who we are biologically and technology, is just evaporating. What happens to us? What happens to us when the technological advances exceed our biological ones? When you can buy a stronger arm or a chip in your head that makes you more intelligent, what happens when those things require insane amounts of effort and dedication to become faster or stronger? Or the biological birthright of being intelligent, what happens when you just pay for that? What does that do to us as a species in terms of a class system? | ||
That was just very loosely explored, but the concept of free will and being able to choose who we are is very much front and center in the film. I feel like as we allow technology into our lives more and more, we are increasingly susceptible to that and I think it’s important to maintain a sense of agency in our lives and not just, for whatever reason, believe what screens tell us. I think we’re seeing that even in the political climate, so how do we maintain sort of a factual awareness in the face of all that happening? I don’t want to make a TED Talk, but I felt like this was a nice way to personify that dilemma.|author=[[wikipedia:David Wilson|David Wilson]]|source=[https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/how-bloodshot-may-connect-to-a-valiant-cinematic-universe/ Den of Geek]}} | That was just very loosely explored, but the concept of free will and being able to choose who we are is very much front and center in the film. I feel like as we allow technology into our lives more and more, we are increasingly susceptible to that and I think it’s important to maintain a sense of agency in our lives and not just, for whatever reason, believe what screens tell us. I think we’re seeing that even in the political climate, so how do we maintain sort of a factual awareness in the face of all that happening? I don’t want to make a TED Talk, but I felt like this was a nice way to personify that dilemma.|author=[[wikipedia:David S.F. Wilson|David S.F. Wilson]]|source=[https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/how-bloodshot-may-connect-to-a-valiant-cinematic-universe/ Den of Geek]}} | ||
On the theme of free will, the [[cathopedia:Catechism of the Catholic Church|Catechism of the Catholic Church]] states: | On the theme of free will, the [[cathopedia:Catechism of the Catholic Church|Catechism of the Catholic Church]] states: | ||