當有一天意識可以存在儲存器中，人類永不死亡，
One day, our conscious can be saved in storage. Human never die anymore.
在altered carbon的世界觀中，意識是能夠儲存保留的，裝進不同的載體中，
In altered carbon, conscious can be saved and download into different vector.
人們得以永生不死，但這樣真的沒有問題嗎？
Human being is eternal but is eternal really good for human?
影集中雖然有關於信仰、階級的問題，但似乎都沒有很直接點到這些議題，而是擺在那邊讓觀眾自己去幻想，我就是其中無聊想討論這個問題的人之一....
In the film, it talked about belief and class, but didn't make a point for these issue. Let audience to think about these issue and I was one of these people.
- 軀體 body
這對影集中的meths階級沒有太大問題，他們有錢有權，可以不斷clone完美的軀體，一直以一樣的軀體生活。
To meths, body is not a problem. They have money and power. They can always clone perfect body and live in the same body.
下層階級碰到的問題就麻煩了，當小孩的意識被放到成人的軀體中，父母要如何去接受？又如Ava Elliot被裝進男性軀體對Vernon帶來的衝擊感，在影集中，這樣的科技已經存在很久了，但我們還是看得出來多數人還是不太適應的....不過他們已經可以做到接受這點了，能夠做到接受已經相當不容易了，想想你的愛人跟你變成同性別的人，真的還能保留一樣的愛嗎？
To lower class, that is a trouble. When child's conscious put into an adult body. Can parents accept it?
When Ava Elliot is in a man's body, it still shock Vernon. In this film, the technology is exist for a long time.
We still can feel lots of people not to be used to this change.
They can accept conscious in different body but just not to be used to it.
Acceptance is hard. Just think about your lover become same sexual as you. Can you still love her/him?
對於意識的詮釋，卡夫卡的變形記一直讓我印象深刻，當你的意識存在蟲子當中，你保留人類的思考、想法，但別人卻覺得你醜陋、噁心，看不到你內在，你也因蟲子的習性開始過蟲子的生活，慢慢地你也不得不懷疑自己還是人嗎？影集中一個meths將人的意識傳進蛇體內最後精神崩潰也有異曲同工之意。
Die Verwandlung written by Kafka, I like his interpretation about conscious. When your conscious exists in a bug, you still have human's conscious and think. But other people just think you are ugly and disgust, can't look into you.
You started a bug life and just like a bug. Eventually, are you still a human? Even you doubt yourself.
In the film, one of meths put one guy's conscious into snakes body and that guy's just breakdown. Similar to the bug in Die Verwandlung.
2.永生 eternal
永生到底是好事還壞事應該是見仁見智，對最近厭世感深的我，永生顯然不是什麼好事。
Is eternal a good thing or bad thing? It's a matter of debate. To me, obviously is not a good thing.
但不論永生與否，人性還是毫無改變，甚至可能變本加厲，因為你知道自己不會真正意義上的死亡，反而無所不用其極的感受生命的存在，舊有的刺激滿足了就想追求更大的刺激。
What can be confirmed is humanity never change. Even worse because have eternal life. You know you will not die in real sense. So you try everything you can to feel the exist of life.
You will always try to chase more excited for feeling exist of life.
加入階級這個元素似乎讓人更感到絕望，劇中的meths他們擁有最大的權勢、最多的資源，上層階級不斷的把持這些資源，使下層階級永遠被奴役，用勞資關係來比喻大概就是你薪水會稍微變多、階級會變高，但天花板永遠就是在那邊，你成為不了資本家，在絕望中又給你一點希望是奴役人最好的方式。
add class element into the issue of eternal, seems is despair in the film.
Meths can always control powers to slave lower classes. Just like you are a labor class. Your pay will be raised and have a promotion. But there is a glass ceiling , you will never be a capitalist.
The best way to slave somebody is give he hope in despair.
而權勢與永生更降低了人自省的能力，知道自己有能力可以控制一切加上永遠都能保持最好的狀態，真的是想要不沉淪都難.....從劇中眾多角色都能看出永生沒讓人類變得更有智慧、更有人性，智慧依靠的顯然不是時間向度，而是因人因事發生當下的頓悟。
Power and external reduce people's introspection. You know you have power to control everything and always keep in the best condition. It's hard to not fallen. Human are not more wiser or humanity because of eternal.
Wisdom will not grow by time. Introspection is the key to wisdom.
意識的存在與不存在，一直以來都是哲學與科學不斷爭論的議題，這部影集表達了它的觀點，不過上面講的這些其實都不是這部影集的主軸就是了....只是設定就擺在那邊，突然想要記錄一下。
About exist of conscious, always have debate between science and philosophy. The film has its point.
But all of this article is not the film's main story......
Just have some feeling to record it.
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