Two things: 1. The weird hallucinatory sequence in the hotel for the dying "prophet/hero" was a shout-out to Kubrick's 2001. Am I the only person that saw this? It was the same deal of a guy looking at himself, as he was dying. That was for me the creepiest (Kubrick was always creepy) and most effective part of 2001.
2. I am old. I read the book when I was young. It was great, but now the meaning has changed. The theme of children evolving and surpassing their parents is much more relevant to me now as my daughter reaches adulthood, and nonchalantly kicks my ass, as well she should. As our technology evolves to the point that our youngsters really could blow us geezers off and go wild with a person/machine evolution, don't you wish that Charles Dance (or Tywin Lannister) was around to help us to deal with it?
Forget the aliens. We have met the enemy, or friend, you decide. It is us. I have to think that Clarke was thinking about this.
2. I am old. I read the book when I was young. It was great, but now the meaning has changed. The theme of children evolving and surpassing their parents is much more relevant to me now as my daughter reaches adulthood, and nonchalantly kicks my ass, as well she should. As our technology evolves to the point that our youngsters really could blow us geezers off and go wild with a person/machine evolution, don't you wish that Charles Dance (or Tywin Lannister) was around to help us to deal with it?
Forget the aliens. We have met the enemy, or friend, you decide. It is us. I have to think that Clarke was thinking about this.