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Creating Room For A Singularity Of Our Own: Reading Sue Lange's "We, Robots", Marleen S. Barr
Creating Room For A Singularity Of Our Own: Reading Sue Lange's "We, Robots", Marleen S. Barr
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The accessibility of Lange’s text might mitigate against recognizing its importance. Lange’s simple sentence structure and direct communicative mode convey a presently overlooked logical moral assertion: the impending Singularity is not a male-dominated patriarchal domain. The Singularity, in other words, should not be construed in a manner which excludes women and feminism. This assertion is patently obvious. But, nonetheless, it is often ignored. Before I read Lange’s novella as a description of the Singularity which feminists can embrace, I include the following background information: 1) a discussion about why the discourse relating to the Singularity needs to be expanded and …