no myths for these countries of the mind

My title is a quote from the beginning of the Gibson film, which came after the official title, No Maps for These Territories. The idea that we no longer have any myths for these new technological areas of thought and perception is extremely interesting. With mythologies, we construct value systems, patterns for perceiving the world, an overall structure to a culture. The fact that we are now moving into uncharted waters points to the perpetuation of isolation and alienation; a structureless future; chaos. Without these myths, we step forward on the path towards becoming post-human. We drop Grecian heroes in order to embrace the Warholian 15-minute celebrity, who is soon forgotten, and all sense of interconnectedness and community is transient in our increasingly mobile society.