"Spirit versus Machine"
A strong, biological family member I knew, fully equipped with an artificial pacemaker and implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), was--under the antiquated rules of the English language, a living cyborg--part man/part machine. His thoracic cavity having had more mechanical hardware than Darth Vader's--it kept him alive.
On the flip side, a woman willfully enduring to near 90 years of age, Grandma, abusing 2 to 3 packs of coffin nails a day for over 70 years, only hospitalized for one week her entire life before being birthed elderly--she seemed, I surmise, ignited by pure spirit. I could see the determined dauntlessness in her olive-green eyes--them energetically shimmering with this spiritual gift from Anotherworld.
Humans can harness the Spirit of God, and soon we'll learn if machines can. Being conscious is one thing, but having a conscience is groovy and sublime.
