But why would you want to psychologically torture your child?
Good question indeed. I think that Daniel is convinced(or try to convince himself)that what is does he does for everybody's sake. Psychological torture isn't his goal, just a questionable mean that he consider necessary at the moment after she refused to talk to him(he begged her first). He told her so, saying it would be hard but for the best. It's a major flaw in his character, he is convinced that what he does is good for the others. And it's eating him up afterwards. But it's very ambiguous, I agree.
I wish I were brave enough to be a vegetarian but I am not. However I can't eat meat that looks like an animal in my plate or cook meat that is still animal-shaped, that's my mental line. I choose not to think about where the meat comes from. I know, it's convenient!
Anyway I think we always draw mental line between the ones we know and care about, and the strangers no matter what they are, animals or human beings. Zoe the robot might be becoming someone else than Zoe the girl indeed.
Not that robots would be useful for what they could do but the fact of being able to make them do it. Daniel made the point right at the beginning of his pitch that the U-87 was like a person. Usually in slavery metaphors the idea is that the robots are depersonalised by their users but here the idea was to explictly sell them as 'people.'
Yes that was the creepiest part. Daniel even pointed it out again at the end of his speech "Looked painful!". It was the final draw, the Cylons would sell well because the people would connect to them! It isn't "old-school" slavery, the show borrowed from Antiquity but mostly talks about our current capitalist civilization; it's marketing-enhanced slavery, and marketing is based on affect and narcissism! And I think that it's exactly what convinced the board to give it a go. Daniel knew it was a "good" argument and he would keep his company thanks to it. Of course it was also an obvious wink at Blade Runner again, at the motto of Tyrell's Corporation.
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Good question indeed. I think that Daniel is convinced(or try to convince himself)that what is does he does for everybody's sake. Psychological torture isn't his goal, just a questionable mean that he consider necessary at the moment after she refused to talk to him(he begged her first). He told her so, saying it would be hard but for the best. It's a major flaw in his character, he is convinced that what he does is good for the others. And it's eating him up afterwards. But it's very ambiguous, I agree.
I wish I were brave enough to be a vegetarian but I am not. However I can't eat meat that looks like an animal in my plate or cook meat that is still animal-shaped, that's my mental line. I choose not to think about where the meat comes from. I know, it's convenient!
Anyway I think we always draw mental line between the ones we know and care about, and the strangers no matter what they are, animals or human beings. Zoe the robot might be becoming someone else than Zoe the girl indeed.
Not that robots would be useful for what they could do but the fact of being able to make them do it. Daniel made the point right at the beginning of his pitch that the U-87 was like a person. Usually in slavery metaphors the idea is that the robots are depersonalised by their users but here the idea was to explictly sell them as 'people.'
Yes that was the creepiest part. Daniel even pointed it out again at the end of his speech "Looked painful!". It was the final draw, the Cylons would sell well because the people would connect to them! It isn't "old-school" slavery, the show borrowed from Antiquity but mostly talks about our current capitalist civilization; it's marketing-enhanced slavery, and marketing is based on affect and narcissism! And I think that it's exactly what convinced the board to give it a go. Daniel knew it was a "good" argument and he would keep his company thanks to it. Of course it was also an obvious wink at Blade Runner again, at the motto of Tyrell's Corporation.
I love that show. So much food for thoughts! :- )