Loving Grace

[jazzy_dave]

This week was the final part of the three part BBC documentary "All Watched Over By Mac\hines of Loving Grace" , aired Monday evening. Fascinating stuff that reminded me of that old 70's documentary series "Connections".

The title comes from a poem -

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (1968)
by Richard Brautigan


I'd like to think (and
the sooner the better!)
of a cybernetic meadow
where mammals and computers
live together in mutually
programming harmony
like pure water
touching clear sky.
I like to think
(right now, please!)
of a cybernetic forest
filled with pines and electronics
where deer stroll peacefully
past computers
as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms.

I like to think
(it has to be!)
of a cybernetic ecology
where we are free of our labors
and joined back to nature,
returned to our mammal brothers and sisters,
and all watched over
by machines of loving grace.