The Singularity of The Storyteller

This is an old post that never was posted (but is now!), and often contradicts itself:

"Homer shows that, as genius ebbs, it is the love of storytelling that characterizes old age" (Longinus)

Does this indicate that genius is only youthful emotion and passion? And if storytelling is a sign of the aged genius, then does that mean a population that does not age or respect age does not have stories or listen to stories? Does this mean that fishermen (those that tell tall tales) are old men at heart?

When old men tell stories they usually recount events of their youth, the stories of their actions and genius. Perhaps, old age is the reliving of the events without the physical aspect.

Could we say that our modern culture is old because it wants to live in its virtual memory, rather than participate physically? Is it possible to begin backwards without first having physically made the story? Is this why we have few stories these days, because we have not lived a story, which makes our virtual reality a nowhere and a never been?

And where are the youthful geniuses? Does a time see its genius, or does it require the old men to look back and see them, remember them?

Ah, but did Homer live the stories he told? Does the teller live the story or only tell it?

And furthermore, if our genius is stored in technological databases who will tell the tale? A computer, a robot, an avatar does not tell stories no matter how advanced. For what does a computer have to overcome if they are not flesh? Even technology, is not above the human desire to overcome the flesh, even it is ruled by this compulsion, for this is the achievement that preeminent "singularity" preachers hope to attain.

Those that desire to twine technology into the human body desire to overcome the earthly rules of flesh, to resurrect frozen fathers, and live forever. They are not so much conquerors, but fearful of the end of the story, afraid of the great Bema in the Sky. Afraid of the moment when they must stand before the witnesses who tell their story for them. At that moment all technology will malfunction, and be overcome by the flesh. The story will win, while the wires wither.

"Everywhere I go I see people poking away at their little mental support units" (Dmitry Orlov, "Definancialisation, Deglobalisation, Relocalisation")