Maybe Castor and Pollux are a better analogy than Narcissus for computational infatuation: These twins had only one share of…

“Maybe Castor and Pollux are a better analogy than Narcissus for computational infatuation: These twins had only one share of immortality between them and spent eternity trading places in Heaven and Hades, each foresworn to be apart from the other but unwilling to accept absolute separation. They share elation and anguish in equal measure but never together—the constancy of change becomes its own uncanny medium joining the two.”

–Michael Thomsen, “Gemini Haptics,” Real Life magazine
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