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TIS THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, AND WE ARE LIVING ON THE CUSP
of change. Reality has already spawned one alternate state, and for many people virtual reafityis now where they are most at home. But what happens when virtual worlds become indistinguishable from what we consider to be the real world? When you wake up from a dream, how do you know.that you are not still dreaming? And if the reality we're in is virtual, who is doing the programming?
These questions, and many more like them, spin effortlessly out of the box-office mega-hit The Matrix. More than just a computer-aided shoot-'em-up, more than just the latest cinematic expression of cyberpunk angst, The Matrix presents layer upon layer of challenging explorations of what the true nature of reality might be, and why this should (or should not) be important to us.
of change. Reality has already spawned one alternate state, and for many people virtual reafityis now where they are most at home. But what happens when virtual worlds become indistinguishable from what we consider to be the real world? When you wake up from a dream, how do you know.that you are not still dreaming? And if the reality we're in is virtual, who is doing the programming?
These questions, and many more like them, spin effortlessly out of the box-office mega-hit The Matrix. More than just a computer-aided shoot-'em-up, more than just the latest cinematic expression of cyberpunk angst, The Matrix presents layer upon layer of challenging explorations of what the true nature of reality might be, and why this should (or should not) be important to us.