Babel Clash

I watched the new film “9″ tonight.  It’s a fun movie, imaginative and tightly constructed, and I enjoyed the characters and story.  The clever construction of mechanical beasts was a highlight for me, and the animation is top notch.  I highly recommend this one.

Its apocalyptic wasteland setting is particularly interesting given our current topic.  This is no spoiler, since it is clear in the trailer and within the first few moments of the movie, that technology is mankind’s doom.

Scarcity is a looming problem.  Could we be equally vulnerable to overabundance?  In the case of “9,” you could argue it is overabundance of technology.  As science fiction addresses the dangers of “too little,” it would also be compelling to see writers continue to address threats of “too much.”  Are they really that different or just the same scarcity issue from different points of view?

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