Strata 10 Dinfant Trouble (Synthetic Love) The Book of Immersion by Sarnia de la Mare
🔹 Strata 10: Ethics & Power The power to control—or to liberate. Strata 10 investigates machine ethics, human authority, and the fragile line between protector and tyrant. Welcome to Immersion you have reached Strata 10 Dinfant Trouble (Synthetic Love) We are the abandoned The ones who roam Never still, we search for home We are the orphans of the night We fly the high roads and duck the low Through floods and fire, We cry the songs of the gypsy choir Social norms and culture cannot be underestimated in a world that accepts robots as real and lovable synthetic creatures. Humans do not experience love in the absence of culture and society. In a world where perfect companions are easily manufactured, humans have been seduced by the machine, a synthetic digitised force that enabled the switch from 'otherness' to 'sameness'. In this space, love is seen to flourish. The creators of androids can synthesise the alterity of the robot which seems to make its own decisions...
