The Evolution of Technology Post-Machine Crusade | Dune Lore

A discussion of how the society of Frank Herbert's Dune and its technology evolved in the wake of this interstellar machine crusade. The result of this crusade forced humanity to look inward, to start schools to train and refine their own natural talents and to make advancements as a species.

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[pass-the-juice]

the lack of computers and the reason behind it are my favourite thing about the dune universe. its such a crazy thing to do in a science fiction universe and makes dune stand out from everything else.

[TheSmokingMustache]

The lazgun and shield reaction makes a scene in the new movie where soldiers are getting sniped by lasers and one yells "No shields!" makes way more sense now.

[Robert-hzbj]

The personal defense shield is easily one of the greatest concepts in science fiction. With a single, clever plot device, Herbert was able to craft an aesthetically distinct vision of future warfare, in which battles on land were fought between armies of the future equivalent of knights or samurai battling with melee weapons, while above them highly advanced air and space vehicles waged high-tech dogfights with one another. And the contrast is magnificent. The man was a genius...

[SeaGLGaming]

Dune's technology and human evolution is my favorite thing about series and why it has become my favorite universe to explore. I love the idea of humanity being able to evolve and spread throughout the universe without AI. I feel so many scifi universes focus too much on the wonders of technology making Dune's focus on humanity so much more unique and inspiring. Also, the Dune subreddit banning AI generated art is one of the best moderation decisions of all time.

[TillionTirrion]

The Dune videos you create are what originally drew me in to your channel, great stuff and trying to give support to continued efforts.

[squamish]

Frank Herbert:
*needs cool futuristic technologies*

Answer:
*Holtzman Effect*
*Holtzman Effect*
*Holtzman Effect*
*Holtzman Effect*
*Holtzman Effect*

[regis_red]

I’ve always liked the intro of Lynch’s version where the navigator refers to “new machines on Ix”. It’s not in the book but I’ve always found it great exposition.

[jeremyevans]

2 things I love about Dune: 1. Because this takes place thousands and thousands of years in the future, that means right now we are living in the middle of a REALLY LONG TIME AGO. That's fun. 2. Herbert found a logically coherent way to put swords and spaceships in the same story. That's even more fun. Yes, it goes a lot deeper than that, but those are the parts that entertain me the most.

[lolwhat]

Thank you for putting this stuff together. I can listen to Dune lore for hours and I do 🤣

[lsporter]

Herbert has in my humble opinion, created a very plausible Universe. The Personal Shield I find particularly interesting. It negates much of the stand far off and shoot warfare that we like to employ currently. It forces one to face one's enemy in close quarters, making it almost impossible to hide one's deadly intentions, or avoid the risk and consequences for having them. The nature of the Shield itself forces one to be "Fast on the Defense and Slow on the Attack". I believe that to be a good rule of thumb for all of life. Superb presentation.

[patrickleitzen]

all I could think of was "or attached to heavy objects such as the Baron Harkonnen"

[Jared_Wignall]

These Dune videos are always interesting. Keep up the great work, take care!

[markghammartist]

i love this about dune. being an artist and seeing the possibility of my job being replaced by A.I recently has got me a little worried. i feel like frank was onto something with this. i completely agree that being so reliant on technology to think for us is ultimatly a bad thing and will make humanity worse not better, and learning to be a better person is the way to go. great vid!

[OldClassTreky]

Dune might be the only scifi universe with a good explanation of why everyone runs around with a sword

[go.gleisson]

It’d be great if you’d explain more about the anatomy of all the space ships - interior design, control room, the whole structure in general.
Thanks for all the insightful videos!

[summer]

yey your voice is so mellow I will slowly slip into sleep to the sound of knowledge from nerdcookies

[DemitriVladMaximov]

Something I just thought of, while bullets wouldn't work against a shield, and shrapnell would also be not very effective, projectile weapons would still be useful in the case of RPGs, or as delivery systems of thermal and chemical weapons. So you would still have long range combat with say an incendiary rocket detonating near a bunch of shielded targets releasing a huge amount of heat and perhaps, like with napalm, suck all the air out of the area suffocating the targets in an AOE detonation.

[kingssman]

We're starting to see thinking machines take over artwork

[carloscrecelius]

I've always found the Tleilaxu tech fascinating, especially their axlotl tanks. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.

[jaidarling]

Lmao, when you explained the part about everyday objects having a version of the personal shields, my brain for some reason jumped to Macgyver being trapped in a room with a floating lamp and then stripping the generator from the lamp to build himself a personal shield.