A Fire Upon The Deep and the Identity Gradient

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Published on August 8, 2025 1:30:41 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvorCR-nbtA

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Vernor Vinge’s “A Fire Upon The Deep” would take a two-hour video to completely dissect. This is not that video. Instead, I’m looking just at the recurring ideas of collective identity and distributed consciousness. And all without a single mention of Skroderiders.

This one has been sitting around for about a year, due to lack of b-roll to cover the numerous jumpcuts due to my rambling and the rather persistent flies on that particular day. It’s a little rough, but let’s just roll with it.

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