Thread by @kerr_vernon

#Philosophy 1 of 5)
My smart TV has myriad programs running—while it's on. There are beautiful, dancing images on its face and music coming from its speakers. If I unplug it—it's dead. Black. The programs are gone. Nothing is happening in the hardware.
My laptop however ...

#Philosophy 2 of 5)
.. also has hundreds of programs running. YouTube videos are running. I can talk back to them by leaving comments. I can ran't on Twitter.
If I take the battery out—It's also dead. The screen is black. Nothing is happeneing in the hardware. But, because...

#Philosophy 3 of 5)
.. I was connected to WiFi & that WiFi was connected to the "Cloud" everything my laptop knows, everything it has done, still exists—not just for me, but for B'ns on Earth who are also attached to the Cloud.
Are humans smart TVs or Laptops? Do our thoughts..

#Philosophy 4 of 5)
..die when that last atom of Oxygen is burned by our brains? Or do those thoughts still live—because we've been connected to the Cloud of the Universe all our lives, streaming every thought, every emotion, every...

#Philosophy 5 of 5)
..memory? Those are the two choices. All #Philosophy, all #Theology, boil down to those two:
Smart TV
or Laptop.