The Gravity

Before we start to prophesize about impending doom

These are extraordinary times if only for a few

Why fear it now? The fate we cannot choose

Such awesome power that no one could refuse

Hope, in this undertaking-hope that

We will awaken from the dream that urges us along

Hope, to find the solutions-hope

To be more than human in a future tailored for the strong

I am nothing but ones and zeroes and I’m already primed

A post-human God, a post-human God

And you can slowly feel the gravity as we approach a singularity

And maybe, there will be no war and maybe, we'll hunger no more

The body's a hotel for the mind-it's something

To be left behind-it's just a temporary shell

And thoughts are only energy-they're stored

By so much memory-you only need a bigger cell

So overwhelming it defies my unassisted brain

The law of entropy applies-it will not be contained

Why fear it now? -the fate we cannot choose

Such awful power-it's only ours to lose

Hope, in our home in the cloud-hope

We can see the way down through uncanny valleys we must cross

Hope to find the solutions-hope

To be more than human-be forever with our loved ones lost

Surely, we can't escape the gravity of the coming singularity

Long before the dawning of the age of information

Long before the printing press or the Sumerian tablets

Long before the paintings of the cave wall woolly mammoths

And before we made our spears in the hot untamed savannah

We can't escape