There are four lights
One of many reasons why I enjoy Star Trek ... thought provoking creative and well written stories that explore via fiction important themes from real life Thought his was a good piece ... Taken from http://www.startrek.com/article/there-are-four-lights-free-will-on-tng By Lindsay Thomas April 23, 2012 There Are Four Lights: Free Will in the Context of Star Trek: The Next Generation Hidden beneath the malevolence of the Borg Collective I always felt, what I can only describe to be, a disjointed sense of innocence. There was no fundamental free will, there was no morality or ethical reasoning; The Collective was merely doing what it was programmed to do – one might even say, it was simply succumbing to its intrinsic nature in the purist sense. The Borg was terrifying in its relentless pursuit – exhibiting no sympathy, no second thoughts, no potential for reasoning or negotiating, just cold industrialized space aged metal grating upon what was once warm, pulsing fles...