A new technology
makes human beings new
said the little worm.

The ant replied:
What will new humans look like?
Will they be taller, shorter, thinner, smarter, dumber, fatter?

Little worm:
I don’t know. Hmmm.
Will they still need a body?
Won’t the head be enough?

Ant:
Oh yes!
The new human will be a head,
thinking and sleeping,
sleeping and thinking.
But will they love?

Little worm:
That’s easy.
The new technology will love them,
produce them, process them.

Ant:
This would be rather weird.

Little worm:
You think so?
Look in a barn.
Look at the cows.
Optimisation,
production, processing.
Love?
Love has been banished!
There is no love in a barn!
The child is separated from its mother,
puts in a cold white shell.

Ant:
And humans still
sleep calmly?

Little worm:
Of course.
They all got used to it.
Optimisation, processing,
Optimisation, processing.
Now humans themselves become bovine.

Ant (smiling):
That’s one way of putting it.

Little worm:
Look, ant.
I’m getting tired.

Narrator:
The two say goodbye
and go to their earthly kingdom.