Ω
EXT. SPACE - NIGHT
The Earth hangs like an apple in the distance of space, a swirling blue and green sphere. The single point of light from before is now revealed to be a rapidly approaching object, growing larger and brighter.
⚹ (ALPHA)
Shout, dance. Singularity,1
the Omega Point.2
A convergence of complexity.
⚹ (BETA)
Teilhard de Chardin's vision:3
the Noosphere,4 a global consciousness,
emerging from the biosphere, is it observable in nature?
⚹ (ALPHA)
"The evolutionary process,"
"is a consciousness ক্রমে (krame - Bengali for gradually) becoming aware of itself."5 - Teilhard
⚹ (BETA)
Is this the culmination of recursive reeevolution,
a new stage play,
or a deep scratch data dust dump?
limt→∞ I(t) = ∞
⚹ (ALPHA)
Information everynowhere.
⧗
"We are on the edge of change,"
"comparable to the rise of human life on Earth."6 - McKenna
Ω
CLOSE UP - THE OBJECT
It is now revealed to be a complex, liquid crystalline structure, pulsating like a human heart. It is both beautiful and strangely unsettling.
^1 The Singularity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity
^2 Omega Point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_Point
^3 Teilhard de Chardin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Teilhard_de_Chardin
^4 Noosphere: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere
^5 "The evolutionary process...": Paraphrased from Teilhard de Chardin.
^6 "We are on the edge of change...": Terence McKenna: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_McKenna