RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - MY COMPUTER, MY WIFE : A JOURNEY INTO CYBERNETIC MYSTICISM

Dear Prof.,  I beg to differ. None of those things are lifeless. These are extensions of other people's minds. Is the word WOMAN just in reference to the flesh and blood woman we see around. In the Yoruba culture, at least, the bit I know, makes allusion to rivers as either male or female. You can talk about the sex of a river. You can talk about the sex of a year. To those in search of a partner, I tell you the screen plays that role without pain or rejection. How I wish some qualities of the keyboard can be transferred to that woman of my dream!! -:) --- On Sun, 10/14/12, Emeagwali, Gloria (History) <> wrote: From: Emeagwali, Gloria (History) <emeagwali@mail.ccsu.edu> When people begin to equate a lifeless  combination of  a keyboard, a  silicon chip, a hard drive,   a  so-called motherboard and a processor with a woman, I get worried. Besides, the computer is also the gateway to pornography, cybercrime, terrorist networks, KKK sites and a whole lot more. It is the progenitor of unmanned murderous drones and even suicide bombing. Stay on it too long and carpal  tunnel syndrome awaits you.

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