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Deus ex human revolution quotes1/27/2024 ![]() But time and time again, hasn’t this led to conflicts with others who essentially believe the same thing?” – Adam Jensenģ. But where should it start and end? We humans often think we have the right to expand, absorb, convert, or possess anything we need to reach our dreams. To those who don’t have it, it’s more valuable than gold. “The body may heal, but the mind is not always so resilient.” – Scientist (to Adam in the opening trailer)Ĥ. Technology offers us strength, strength enables dominance, and dominance paves the way for abuse.” – Adam Jensenĥ. “How often have we chased the dream of progress, only to see that dream perverted? More often than not, haven’t the machines we built to improve life shattered the lives of millions? And now we want to turn that dream on ourselves, to fundamentally improve who we are. “It’s not the end of the world, but you can see it from here.” – Eliza CassanĦ. “Men never fail to underestimate women.” – Zhao Yun Runħ. “Don’t try to bullshit a bullshitter.” – Tong Se Hongĩ. Regardless of your own views on transhumanism, here are a couple of my own favorite quotes gleaned from the game:ġ0. For those who haven’t played the game, (SPOILER ALERT) there’s a number of different endings that represent a side of the human augmentation debate, sometimes for it, sometimes against it. Though gamers will probably be most familiar with Adam Jensen’s “I didn’t ask for this!” ( DX:HR‘s version of taking an arrow to the knee), there’s quite a lot of remarks surrounding technology and its place within our lives–and, in this case, our bodies. ![]() Aside from the BioShock series, I think Deus Ex really hits home for me, as far as philosophy and critique on the human condition are concerned.īoth attempt to ask questions like what defines humanity and where does one draw the line between humanity as we know it what is our “next evolution?” Where the former focuses on transhumanism of a given era, like the late ’50s or early 20th century, the latter frames the question in the not-too-distant future of the 2020s. Books, television, movies, and (duh) video games are always better if they can get me to forget which world I’m living in. In case you haven’t figured it out already, I am a sucker for good writing.
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